What steps and rules you should follow as a new bitcoin user?

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Lot of new people are coming in to bitcoin i believe  most of the people are facing same  problem. Because their is no institute to learn exactly what have to learn. Most of the people saying different thing. i believe people can get help from here if we can discus about the matter.
1.what steps should take as new user?
2. what kind of rules to follow be success in bitcoin?