35 Pro Tips to Give Yourself an Edge at Life

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Eric Lund
Aug 2, 2018 11:00 AM EDT

Always wanted to be less awkward and better at life without having to try? Well with these tips, you'll still have to try, but it will make trying that much easier.

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    life tip - Text - 1 -eDgAR- 34.5k points 2 days ago If you get a prepaid Visa gift card, save it with like a $1 or $2 and use it to sign up for free trials without having to worry about using your actual credit card.
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    life tip - Text - donglosaur 29.8k points 1 day ago A long time ago I remember reading a thread about signs that someone is interested in you, the one I remember the most clearly is that they'll look at you if they see or hear something funny. It helped me resolve exactly one potentially uncomfortable situation in my life, making it by far the most useful advice I have ever gotten from reddit.
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    life tip - Text - waldothewalnut 5.9k points 2 days ago I avoid awkward hallway scuffles by looking at the direction I want to go. It works every single time.
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    life tip - Text - edited 1 day ago Lelentos 28.8k points 2 days ago 1 I never put my card into a gas pump without furiously wiggling the reader first.
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    life tip - Text - oxfouzer 4.9k points 2 days ago edited 1 day ago Open a bag of chips and roll the bottom in so it creates its own self-standing bowl. People are always impressed.
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    life tip - Text - edited 1 day ago 2 days ago twopacktuesday 26.6k points 1 If someone won't shut up, drop something, they'll pause when you go to pick it up. Use that opportunity to speak, as you pick up whatever you dropped
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    life tip - Text - Decim8r 7.7k points 1 day ago The advice I read one time Don't Put It Down, Put It Away It has reduced the clutter in my home dramatically
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    life tip - Text - 1 day ago RealityTimeshare 7.2k points Can't remember when I saw it, but using chopsticks to eat cheetos, popcorn, doritos, etc... while using the computer. Keeps your keyboard from getting quite as disgusting.
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    life tip - Text - Poppamunz 4.0k points 1 day ago The comma and period keys move Youtube videos one frame backward and forward, respectively.
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    life tip - Text - Almidas 8.5k points 1 day ago Using pistachios shells to open the really hard to open pistachios
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    life tip - Text - Gamedeals 7.1k points 2 days ago Pre-tangling your headphones. Grab both ends with one hand, your finger in the middle, pull tight & twist approx 9 times, then let them naturally curl up and make sure you don't run anything through the loop when you side them in your pocket. When you take them out, they may look tangled, but will unravel perfectly.
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    life tip - Text - 1 edited 1 day ago I had writer's block for the longest time. What got me PolarbearSafari 6.7k points 2 days ago out of it was one piece of advice that can work for nearly anything. Write one sentence and see where it goes. Don't overthink it or criticize the ideas, just jump in and do it. It really works and some of my best writing came from using that technique, letting the plot write itself and break away from my initial ideas of how I thought it was supposed to go. It can a
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    life tip - Text - Cowboys LoveComputers 24.9k points 1 day ago Instead of saying "I assumed" say "I was under the impression" it legitimately works wonders
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    life tip - Text - Back2Bach 10.4k points 2 days ago 1 Check the pressure in your spare tire and know how to use the jack before going on a trip.
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    life tip - Text - edited 1 day ago PLDJules 10.3k points 1 day ago 1 When giving advice, use the phrase "perhaps" in replacement of "I think" so it comes off more as a suggestion and not an opinion. It will be more likely to be heard and taken into consideration
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    life tip - Text - joemac1505 10.3k points 1 day ago Instead of saying I know, say You're right 1
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    life tip - Text - edited 1 day ago Ethanlac 23.8k points 1 day ago 2 X% of Y is equal to Y% of X. It's made my mental math so much easier.
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    life tip - Text - SpammyEggyRamen 9.7k points 2 days ago Taking something with me that belongs on the other floor every time I go upstairs or downstairs (makes tidying up more efficient)
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    life tip - Text - zazzlekdazzle 9.6k points 2 days ago 1 It's fine to add an explanation after an apology, however do not preface it with "but" because then it just sounds like you are trying to make excuses.
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    life tip - Text - wag234 9.4k points 1 day ago Blink eyes rapidly for a minute before bed to tire yourself out
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    life tip - Text - 1 day ago Pinki3663 6.5k points If you are nervous about any kind of public speaking, volunteer to go first. You get it done and over with quickly, you are able to relax for the rest of the class conference or what have you and most importantly your audience depending on the setting is too worried about their own presentation/speech to care about yours. I also paired this with advice to bring visual aids. Example being I needed to explain why my state is unique. So I brought ph
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    life tip - Text - ShadowShot05 4.7k points 1 day ago Not making fun of people's laugh. I've literally seen the joy leave a person's face after making a joke about someone's laugh. Makes me sad thinking about it
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    life tip - Text - SeniorSoil 20.8k points 1 day ago2 edited 1 day ago When I am walking on a sidewalk approaching a group of people heading towards me, I slow down to a pace slower than theirs so they make room for me to pass. Someone on reddit described how people subconsciously yield to whoever is going more slowly. Generally works
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    life tip - Text - Destroyershiv 17.6k points 2 days ago If your printer is out of black ink, and you need urgent printout please change the color of the font #010101, which is 99% grey, it will help
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    life tip - Text - CeadMileSlan 17.5k points 2 days ago Saran wrap/cling wrap goes in your freezer. That makes the product actually work.
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    life tip - Text - million_monkeys 17.1k points 1 day ago Not filing in the 'To" field in an email until I am completely done with the email. Saved me a lot of badly written emails, half finished emails, and emails I never sent because I had time to think better of it.
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    life tip - Text - repliers_beware 14.1k points 1 day ago 1 Can't believe i went 28 years of my life before finally learning this on Reddit... If you spread your cheeks as you sit down, you have lot less wiping to do
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    life tip - Text - edited 1 day ago 1 day ago katie001x 13.8k points 1 When you are trying to resolve an issue where someone else made an error, put the focus on the error and not the person. Example of this that I use almost every day at work: someone sends me an email without the attachment. Instead of saying, "You didn't send the attachment," I say, "The attachment didn't come through, please try sending it again." It doesn't seem like a huge deal, but people are more likely to become defensiv
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    life tip - Text - -snowflakemango- 15.8k points 2 days ago If you accidentally offend and/or anger someone, when apologizing follow this formula: State what you did, why it was wrong and how you'll prevent it from happening in the future
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    life tip - Text - sunnytimes68 9.4k points 1 day ago 1 When the power goes out search for wifi networks on your phone to see if everyones power is out
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    life tip - Text - Hexatona 6.4k points 2 days ago Lending something to someone? Take their picture with the item you lent them.
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    life tip - Text - pingpongnunmul 11.1k points 1 day ago It's only been used once but when you're caught in a riptide, swim PARALLEL to shore, not directly forwards in order to escape. About a week ago my brother and I were out in the ocean, and a wave crashed over us. My hair was plastered to my face and I couldn't see. In the time that I took to get the hair out of my eyes, we realised we had been pushed out and couldn't touch the ground at all. We were getting further and further from shore. W
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    life tip - Text - 2 days ago ColorsByVest 9.0k points Get a dashcam. Fortunately, I haven't had to use it to defend myself, but the thought of not having it when I need it brings me absolute anxiety now. There have been a few instances where I've almost hit idiot/drunk pedestrians, and if I didn't have that dashcam running, I would have been very very screwed if I did hit them and they lawyered up Knowing that I have a dashcam running also improves my motorist habits significantly. Keep the musi
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    life tip - Text - TheHeroHere 18.6k points 2 days ago I'm pretty sure it was a LPT, might have been an AskReddit response, but it was in relation to a 6 second rule. Have to get something done and don't want to start it? Count down from 6 and force yourself to do it. I have no idea why it works, or why the number 6 was chosen, but I applied it to the menial tasks in my life I don't want to do and it's worked extremely well
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    life tip - Text - twopacktuesday 10.6k points 2 days ago People pay a lot of money for individually wrapped, home cooked brownies at music festivals.
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