People Are Sharing “Cheat Codes” That They’ve Found Work In Real Life, Here Are 39 Of The Best Ones

Who wouldn't love a shortcut in life? It's sometimes hard enough as it is. If life was a Sims game, I wish whoever was playing my household wouldn't be shy and use that 'motherlode' cheat code once in a while.

It's no surprise other people would like to make their lives a bit easier, as well. When one netizen asked, "What is the cheat code in life?" over 3k people had ideas. And they weren't all like the cheat codes in video games. Some of them were pretty wholesome, like saying 'please' and 'thank you,' which seems "to make tasks easier sometimes," the Redditor wrote. So read on to find what life advice these netizens had, and share your real-life cheat codes with us, Pandas!

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In an ideal world, we would all be at the same starting point in life. But the reality is that some people might have it easier than others. Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) did a report on how being born wealthy in the U.S. leads to a more successful life. It's called "Born to Win, Schooled to Lose," and it focuses on one premise: "To succeed in America, it's better to be born rich than smart." 

At least that's what Anthony P. Carnevale, director of the CEW and lead author of the report, told CNBC Make It. The report found that "poor kindergartners with good scores are less likely to graduate from high school, graduate from college, or earn a high wage than their affluent peers with bad grades."

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Another study from 2018 raises even more questions about the very foundations of the American Dream. These researchers found that intellectual kids can come from poor and rich families alike. The differences start to show later on in life because rich kids tend to have more opportunities.

The numbers from the research show that 24% of "high-potential people born to low-income fathers" graduated from college. And 63% of children with intellectual gifts born to high-income fathers attend and graduate college. "This raises concerns about wasted potential arising from limited household resources," the researchers wrote in their conclusion.

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"Please" and "Thank you" seem to make tasks easier sometimesRealizing that it doesn't matter what random strangers think of you.Once you unlock ‘not giving a f**k about other people’s thoughts’ you basically double your mana indefinitely.Be honest so you never have to remember your lies Edit:typo, thks bro!Realizing that the ideal of constant happiness is unattainable. The drive to be constantly happy is causing such misery. No one can be happy all the time, and it is unnatural to think we can be. Contented is OK. Melancholic at times is normal. Happiness, and joy especially, is a rare gift. Accepting that makes a person more resilient because expectations are more aligned with reality.**Do kindness, and do it often.** It feels awesome. Good things will happen.You know those people you hang out with but don't really like and often drag you into their b******t against your will? Stop. F**k 'em. Every minute you spend with those emotional leeches is a minute you're not spending looking for someone who is a genuine joy to hang out with.Live beneath your means.If you have no complaints about your food service/staff at a restaurant, ask to see the manager and pay a compliment and a "thank you" about the server/host/staff. Usually people want to see a manager to complain, and a compliment is nearly always welcome. I've gotten countless free drinks/appetizers/chips/% off my bill - all for just making a polite comment to management.Having rich parents. Being born attractive.Stop worrying about what others think.Compound interest starting in your late teens and early 20sDrugs. Unfortunately, like cheat codes, they ruin the experience and it’s hard to appreciate life for what it is again.Drinking plenty of water and actually getting a good night's sleep does far more for your mental and physical health as well as cognitive function than you realize.Fake being confident and eventually you will be. You'll be a fake and a phony but you will do well in life.Spend less than you earn Don’t set expectations too high Be grateful every day for what you haveDon’t put it down, put it away. Nobody likes clutter1. Determine your priorities for a happy life. 2. Find a job that requires the least amount of input for the most output. If you want the new car every three years, nice house, eat out every day, the amount of input in your job will need to increase. But if you live a small modest life and learn to be frugal, you will realize you don’t need an expensive college education or stressful job to be happy.The idea that in the big picture, nothing you do will matter and eventually the sun will destroy all trace of the human race so go do whatever you want in life.The first million is the hardest to make, so always start with the second.Enjoying yourself is the most important thing in life. And don't let anyone else tell you *how* to enjoy yourself. Nothing you do that makes you happy is "a waste of time". I once read something really profound that relates to this: No one has ever been on their death bed and said that they regretted not spending more time at work.Playing work politics. Nearly all of my bosses got their position by brown-nosing and bullshitting because I find it incredibly hard to believe this level of incompetence I'm witnessing at my job was taught at a prestigious university.Get married and stay married. Statistically, it’s like winning the lottery from a financial and health perspective.Remember that it’s a brief and wonderful gift, and somehow simultaneously, that none of it matters. Both are true and can lead to a positive and detached approach to things.PersistenceExerciseCompounding interest. Get started while you're really young.Learn how to identify patterns, since the majority of things in life follow patterns as wellDon't take anything personally. Literally nothingShowing up on time  So much of life is just being there.1. Common Sense. Every week I see examples of the pure lack of common sense in life. Companies pay a lot for people who can steady the ship and sort priorities based on common sense. 2. Don't argue over every little thing. We live in such a polarised society and for the most part the answer is usually somewhere in the middle. The amount of people that are willing to die on the hill of something minor is ridiculous so pick your battles.Dual income, no kids.Drink water and mind your business.....also invest early and often!Don’t stress. We are all going to be dead one dayHaving good contactsMarcus Aurelius - meditations. He gave us the answers on how to live our lives 2000 years ago but we choose to ignore and continue to make the mistakes that our ancestors did.Care. If you care about your work, your family, your friends, and put forth an honest effort to support them as well as you can, you almost always come out ahead.It's only a problem if you make it a problem.Befriend someone who owns a boat. Instantly upgrades your social status without the financial sinkhole