How can I become a charismatic, likeable, well-connected and wealthy person with the least amount of effort?
Joseph Spitz, Manchester, UK • Change your name to Jack Hill and move to St. Albans. Pelham Barton, Birmingham UK • Avoidance of effort (laziness) is a sure route to unhappiness, which will dent your charisma and make you unlikeable. You are similarly unlikely to make many friends or succeed in business if your goal is to avoid hard work. Sorry. Alan, Altrincham UK • Become a TV presenter of a cheap and trashy Saturday evening programme on ITV, and cater for inanely stupid people that think it’s entertainment. You may need to have a regional accent to make it work properly though. Then do something vaguely risque and make sure the papers know about it so your notoriety rockets. Maybe make some insulting remarks towards the Welsh whilst being hard-nosed about it. You’ll be notorious in 1 day flat despite having no discernable talent. Alternatively, if you can sing, join a TV made band and become an instant hit despite being as interesting and intellectual as a wet haddock. Then claim yo
