go brag! We were hopefully taught not to brag or toot our own horn. whether for humility or just to not draw attention to ourselves. the problem is that most people take it to the extreme and even to themselves they can not brag. go ahead and try it .try listing all your good qualities for 90 seconds straight. after your looks, humor, style and friendliness keep on going. try it for 60 seconds. most people can't. how can we expect to feel great about ourselves if we deny ourselves the right to feel great. healthy self esteem allows us to see our qualities as a benefit to us and everyone in contact with us. and even to publicize our qualities to others can be good if it convinces them to listen to us and do whats best for themselves. especially in my practice where people are trusting me with their financial future, they want to know that i am confident and knowledgable in my field. and if i didnt go around tooting my horn about how i really help people most people would be doing things the traditional way and never create reall wealth. so i feel an obligation to brag. but no matter what happens in your life there will be people ( child, parent, student, congregant, employee) who can benefit from you being you. so go ahead and brag to yourself and to others or maybe go ask someone what they like about you and go help someone.