Where is the line between building value and bragging?

[DJorBUST]

Good to be here. I came upon this forum recently and have been browsing for awhile now. I'm a mid-twenties AFK with some serious need of help.

While talking to women, I'm always afraid that I've crossed the line from building value in a sort of indirect way and just outright bragging about myself and seeming like an arrogant ass.

Here are some examples of things I think would impress women in no particular order:
1. I exercise quite often and I've been hitting the gym for years (I don't look that buff tho). Basically, I have physical strength.
2. I am an excellent cook. I took professional cooking classes and I cook quite frequently.
3. I'm intelligent. I graduated from an Ivy league school and I am coming close to finishing med school.
4. I have an excellent sense of humor. This, however, doesn't come across that well initially because I'm nervous on the initial approach.

Obviously I want to build as much value as possible in a short period of time before trying to ask a girl out on a date or get her number. How would I work something positive like being a doctor into the conversation effectively or should I even put something like that into the conversation at all?

 

[Warboss Alex]

Quite frankly, a woman doesn't want to hear about you, she'll be bored if you talk about yourself.. ask her about HERSELF and then she'll ask you about you. simple really.

You don't have to sell yourself. She'll get to find out your traits if she's interested enough.

Selling yourself smacks of desperation-to-impress in my humble, non-DJ opinion.

 

[Nighthawk]

The line is just before she suspects you're bigging yourself up. The ideal man doesn't have to try too hard.

 

[DJorBUST]

Thanks for the tips, guys. Really helpful stuff.