Become a better person
It's time to improve your life.
Radio 4 tells you how to become a loved-up, ukelele-playing wine expert and more. (Or if you don’t have time, go straight to No.10)
1. Get what you want
“I wrote to Cardinal Hume and sent a fax to the Pope”
How to complain so people will listen
Bidisha talks to Jasper Griegson and Lynn Truss.
2. Be a wine expert
Never embarrass yourself in front of Jilly Goolden again.
How to become a wine expert in 4 minutes
New ways to drink wine from the Food Programme.
3. Find a partner
Advice from real people.
11 ways to succeed at online dating
Maggie and Matthew share their tips for finding love online.
4. Fail better
How to be a conductor.
Marin Alsop: To be really, really good at it you have to fail
Succeeding in a very male environment.
5. Be a better parent
Advice from a professor of psychology.
'Don't tell your child they're clever'
Professor of Psychology, Carol Dweck with tips on how you can help your child achieve
6. Get what you're worth
Change jobs or ask for more?
What鈥檚 the best way to get a pay rise?
Is changing jobs the way to get more money?
7. Be more musical
Peter White attempts to master Hawaii’s biggest export with player and songwriter Lou Armer
Learn to play the ukelele in two minutes
Easy to learn and cheap to buy.
8. Be less anxious
Stop worrying and find your neutral space at social gatherings.
Do you panic at parties?
Performer Byron Vincent tests out some tips to deal with social anxiety
9. Be an early bird
Nick Robinson gets some advice from his fellow 成人论坛 early risers on dealing with stupid O'Clock.
How to wake up earlier...
Nick Robinson gets ready for his new role on 成人论坛 Radio 4's Today programme.
10. Live a better life
With two wise men.
How do you live a good life?
Aristotle and Stephen Fry have the answer