Remain authentic

It is understandable that you want to show your best side in order to convince your flirting partner of you. Exaggerate and appear too egocentric, the whole idea of your venture can easily backfire. It's neither about revealing all your bad habits in the initial verbal contact nor, about pretending to be someone completely different. Besides that: Lies don't travel far. So it makes sense to rather be honest and authentic from the very beginning.