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Here is your cheat code. Be selective with whom you share it with.

If you are of a certain age, this sequence might remain embedded in your mind.

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A — then Start.

Known as the Konami Code, its use often meant the difference between victory and disaster while playing video games in the 1980s and 1990s.

It would provide non-expert users with some extras to help them progress through the game. Additional lives. Bonus power-ups. Access to secret levels.

You could, with practice, still win without the Konami code. But boy, it sure helped you kick butt more efficiently.

Isn’t that what you want at your job? For your startup? With your music, writing, or other creative endeavor?

The subtle power of the Konami code was that it was intentional.

The sequence was simple enough to recall for newbies and simultaneously sufficiently challenging that no one could enter it accidentally before or during gameplay.

The buttons pressed were basic. The order they were pressed was specific. The benefit was significant, but you still needed to do something with the gift to win.

The Konami code is like the activities you need to do to succeed. Each part of the sequence seems undoubtedly basic. But when aligned mindfully, they can provide a decided advantage.