Core

Strengthen your core. I don't mean that in just the literal sense - building abs and all that kind of stuff. I mean it as in your values, your principles. Be true to yourself, be the best that you can be, and constantly perfect yourself. There will be tons of people who will want to influence you, who wants you to be mode a certain way; they would want to change you They would want you to feel responsible to them, beholden and the such, more than you ought to be. I am not saying you stand rigid against all of that, yield when you must. At the end of the day, if you have a strong core, if you know yourself, what you are capable of, and what you can sacrifice without losing yourself, your dignity, your integrity, your vision and purpose, then you will never be truly threatened. You will never be downtrodden no matter how oppressing and intimidating the world may be. The winds may howl, the waves may crash upon the rocks, but still you will stand, a beacon to those who truly matters.