Overcompensation

 Overcompensation is the tell of insecurity

It's not hard to see but pay attention because it's the roadmap of negotiation and the crystal ball of prediction. 

People can be counted on to act in accordance with their true nature. Because the way they do one thing is the way they do everything. Turn on the stress and you'll see.

Avoidance of pain is the guiding light.

• Believes themselves to be unattractive.
• Believes themselves to lack intrinsic value.
• Believes themselves to be inadequate.
• Fear of rejection.
• Fear of abandonment.

Over-the-top behaviors are fueled by under-the-surface beliefs.

When you wonder what someone will do next, look for the overcompensations and reverse engineer. It's not magic, it's just observation.