Is bragging healthy?

I've always opted for the modest, humble route when it came to personal achievements and accolades; however, recently, I have been introspective about some of the things that come out of my mouth and how that can be perceived by others because I find myself becoming annoyed when someone toots his/her own horn. I mean, I get it-you are the shiet, you are omnipotent, you are god...I think Ke$ha could not have said (sang) it any better: "Talk-talkin' 'bout...BLAH, BLAH BLAH!" I find it utterly confusing on where to delineate the lines between informing someone of your accomplishments/attributes versus bragging about them. There is also the issue of becoming too clandestine about your assets or humble to the point of meekness in the workplace when one should exercise the concept of "personal branding" in order to gain mobility and leverage in climbing that cliche corporate ladder.

I found this excerpt from Internet surfing in my committed attempt to often conduct personal inventories of myself in order to become a better person:

Bragging is a sign of arrogance, overconfidence and insecurity. Not many people want to be in the company of a person who constantly pats himself on the back and most would agree that it is much more attractive to remain modest and humble. So if you find yourself consuming the majority of your conversations with the wonderful things you have done in your life, the awesome things you have done for others, believing a talented or well-behaved child makes you a great parent or putting your affections for your spouse on display for others to see, stop yourself in your tracks and take a deep look within. There you will find that your bragging rights are nothing more than cover ups to hide the lack of security you feel about yourself, your relationship or your lack of success in certain areas of your life. (http://socyberty.com/society/bragging-rights/)

If anyone is out there in cyberspace and you happen to stumble across this post, let me know your thoughts on bragging; better yet, let me know if a Facebook status update is too much of a good thing in terms of bragging to the rest of the cyber universe about how great you are.

P