1. Buy
2. HODL
3. Not your Keys - Not Your Coin
4. Keep your mouth shut.
5. See #4
Keeping your mouth shut is one of the most important ways to protect one's privacy, aside from keeping your private keys and phrases safe from the eyes of others.
Some of the theft cases that I have read online are due to how lousy the holder is, which attracts people to either set hacking traps or physical attack robbing. If some people can learn how to keep their mouths shut, their chances of protection for their holdings will increase.