Recent research on the topic of social jerks by Janina Steinmetz suggests that many of us perform several actions that make us look like a jerk deliberately due to a mistaken belief that it makes us look better.

This implies that our “best behavior” might be exactly what’s making other people feel like we’re jerks. We’ll go over the four behaviors the study pinpoints as behaviors of jerks and how to avoid each of them. Backhanded compliments. Humblebrag. Hypocrisy. Hubris.

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