Jeff Hunter points out that you can take humility too far, though.

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"Somebody who comes in and says, look how great I am--that can be a serious turn-off, " says Jeff Hunter, vice president of human resources at Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco and a career and workplace consultant for Glassdoor.com, a job review and ratings site.

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Leading Members of Congress like Senators Jon Kyl, Dick Shelby and Jeff Sessions and Representatives Duncan Hunter and Curt Weldon have long recognized this reality.

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