1. Some things matter, some things don't.
Learn to step back and weigh the importance of things troubling you. People tend to over-complicate their lives with stress, worry, and negativity in general. Why should I care who got thrown off American Idol... seriously... duh.
When you can know that even the harshest of situations really, truly, don't matter much. Women, possesions, finance... throw it all in a pile and set it on fire. Doesn't matter: I'll roast marshmallows over the flames.
2. Rely on your spine.
Reach behind you and feel that bad dog! Your spine is the core of your being. Attached is the cage that protects your heart. The spine protects all the powerlines to your crotch. Your spine stands you up as a man. When you are being taken advantage of, disrepected, or negatively treated, let your spine do the talking. Your spine is your protector; learn to fully utilize it's power. Be careful, your spine is vulnerable to attack from behind: watch your back!
3. Bro's before Ho's
It was mentioned earlier, but few understand the cause and depth of this "fun saying". Make it your mantra. Women come and go throughout your life: but a good friend will stay and watch them come and go with you. Male friends are far more loyal, fun, useful, and last far longer than a woman will. ALWAYS hold your male friends in higher regard than any female friends - always!
Ooop... and make it clear to your male friends how you stand. Insist that they understand "bro's before ho's" and demand that they hold you with the same regard.
4. Live within your means.
Media and marketing will have you chasing crap you don't need, but somehow seem to want. If you realize what matters and what doesn't, it will be easy for you to resist impulse buys and frivolous purchases. Ask yourself "do I need this?" Then compare the answer to the big three: food, water, shelter. Realize that you would survive with leather robe, in a cave, with a rabbit frying on a stick over a fire. Avoid debt and promote saving for the future/goals by simplifying your lifestyle to a minimum. Debt will destroy your life and lock you into a renter's prison. To help avoid negativity, avoid negative numbers. If you were truly a man, or a DJ, you wouldn't care what others thought of you. So, you don't need a H3 hummer or a Movado, do you?
5. Don't watch TV.
If you don't watch TV, you don't need to pay for cable. Seriously, the television poisons your brain and trains you to not think for yourself. TV forcefeeds opinions, agendas, lifestyles, dreams, and lies to you. And, it does so in a way that is somehow pleasant? TV is addicting like porn, gambling, and drugs. TV consumes your time and devalues your life. Do you know what I find amazing? When someone is out having a great time, then says something ridiculous like "I have to go guys. Lost starts in 20 minutes."
Turn off the TV. Get out from behind the screen and live your own fairy tales. Turn off the computer as well. I used to be a gamer. I had lots of virtual friends, killed lots of virtual enemies, I even had virtual good time doing it. But it really, not virtually, destroyed my life. Now, I don't pay for internet at home, or cable.
If you have too much time on your hands, find a constructive way to use that time besides having the electron gun firing at your head giving you square eyeballs. TV is the cord that plugs into the back of your head like in the matrix: it's a prison for your mind.