Developing Self-Reliance

SHOWS HOW DEPENDENCY GROWS & YET HOW NECESSARY SELF-RELIANCE IS TO ALL SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVOR & HAPPINESS. ANALYZES THE STEPS IN DEVELOPING SELF-RELIANCE-ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY, BE INFORMED, KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING, MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS. The steps to self-reliance takes time and hard work, and these steps: (1) Assume responsibility, (2) Be informed, (3) Know where you're going, and (4) Make your own decisions. Allen frequently checks a card with these steps typed on it to help himself develop self-reliance and his father presents him with Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Allen learned to develop the habit of self-reliance and became a happier person. Close-up of an infant in a high chair, mother feeding him with a small spoon Baby in a play pen Mother putting a snow suit on "Junior", brushing his hair, straightening his clothing Teen-age boy struggling with school work at school desk Close-up of a pencil tapping on a book with emphasis Pupil and teacher standing in front of a map of the world teenager in chemistry classroom, standing with a pencil behind his ear in front of a chalkboard with drawing of a human head for explanations of vision Young man putting on a tie in a round mirror A group of high school students arguing.