Talking About Yourself: Your Biggest Asset or Liability?

It’s Tuesday, you’ve just arrived at your local Panera Bread, and you’re excited to finally meet face-to-face with a new connection from LinkedIn.

“Hello!”

“Hello! Nice to finally meet you.”

“You, too! So let me tell you a little bit about myself…,” and 20 minutes later, they’re still telling you a little bit more about themselves.

Been there? Me, too.

In fact, most of us can truthfully say we’ve been on both sides of that conversation at some point.

So what gives?

Talking about ourselves can...