Self Reliance
...he that not everything that people try to teach you is a bad thing. For example there is no contradiction between self-reliance and membership in an organized religious, political, or other kind of group. But if you let the leader of the group determine the way you think, act, or speak, that conflicts with self-reliance. But there are many ways you can avoid this. One way you can become a self-reliant person is to think for yourself. Don’t let other people decide what is best for you, because no one knows what the best thing for you is, but you. This also will make you a leader not a follower which is a good thing. And finally by thinking for yourself if something goes wrong its always your fault not someone else’s because in the end you’re the one who does the act. Acting for yourself is the next way to become a self-reliant individual. Someone that acts for themselves show that they have a self determination to do what they want and not what someone or something may want them to do. For example a self-reliant person can have a drink now and then, but when they have to have a drink that is when they have lost control of their actions. By controlling your actions you will become a better person and learn more about yourself by keeping you safe. And finally taking care of yourself kind of incorporates all of th...