Braggers Are More Transparent Than They Realize
Braggers. Also known as the know-it-all, windbag, show-off, and blowhard is a personality type many of us are all too familiar with, sometimes intimately. From co-workers to friends to family members to spouses, they are easily identified in social situations by more modest members of society, often eliciting eye rolls, head shaking, and complaining to other modest members who get it. Typing "what does bragging mean" into Google's search field provides the following definition: "excessively proud and boastful talk about one's achievements or possessions." Braggers also monopolize the conversation to steer the dialogue toward themselves as though they were reciting a monologue on Broadway. They often think they have all the answers to every question and rarely entertain anyone who dares to contradict them. They have little to no compassion…