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(maybe involving fame)

Everyone except the most miserable spoilsport wants to be popular. Popularity is almost akin to respect, status and having a good reputation but is subtly different, in that when you walk into a crowded room, people don’t just treat you with respect, admiration or at least deference, but come up and hug you instead, which is always a lot more fun for everyone involved. Indeed it’s great to be popular, as long as you remember people are fickle and resist the temptation to take it seriously. So visualize yourself with a scintillating social life, the most popular belle or beau of the ball, your card marked for the duration, but visualize it so because you’re exuding so much love and bonhomie. More importantly, visualize yourself with at least a few real friends, sisters and brothers who make your heart sing whenever you meet, talk, email or text, because as far as I can tell, all the clever-clever stuff aside, there’s hardly anything more important.