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I could pay lawyers to threaten with lawsuits people who criticize me. (Only the influential ones.)
I could bribe some bloggers and journalists to write nice things about me. They would be free to refuse the deal anytime, but my lawyers would threaten them against ever disclosing our deals explicitly.
I could pay an assistent to make a list of all things I ever promised, and to remind me of them. Also, whenever possible, to discretely remind me to not promise anything. Another assistant to evaluate everything I say or do, to point out things that might seem dishonorable.
It is very much like a joke that tar is a great baldness cure - if poured on heads of those people who call you bald. Honor and public image are not the same.
Both these actions would significantly reduce your honor, though they might improve your PR image.
Hiring assistants to do IQ-related tasks doesn't raise your IQ for the same reason that purchasing a notepad to jot down things you can't remember doesn't raise your IQ.
Purchasing a notepad does raise your ability-to-do-memory-bottlenecked-things, though, which might be just as good for your purposes.