Being likable is entirely under your control. All it takes is the ability to pick up a few key social skills that build emotional intelligence. Here are 19 simple ways to start crafting a “million-dollar personality” and become the most likable person in the room.

Asking questions is a great way to start an engaging conversation. Ask too many questions, however, and your conversation starts to feel more like an interrogation. To avoid this, author Ramit Sethi suggests the "question, question, statement" method.

Hitting it off with new people can be quite a challenge for some of us. When you don't know someone, there's a barrier of awkwardness between you. Charismatic people are able to break that barrier. One shortcut for doing this is to think of someone new you meet as an old friend.