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Learn & Explore
Find our recommended reading, useful resources, and more below.
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The Parallel University
Create a Balanced Life and Have It All.
Book by Richard Krohn
Self-reliance starts with not leaning on others and moves to buying houses, educating children and then providing for yourself in retirement. That requires a lot of planning. To get it right you need to understand your environment, understand yourself, and balance your lifestyle with job satisfaction, financial rewards, personal integrity and a sense of self.
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The 5 Pillars of
Self-Reliance
The 5 Pillars provide an excellent guide for developing educational resources and experiences for helping young people become self-reliant. We have also used these factors to develop the Self-Reliance Matrix, a tool that young people (or anyone) can use to self-assess their self-reliance and clearly map out areas for improvement.
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The Self-Reliance Matrix
A self-reliance matrix is a tool that can help individuals, in this case young people, assess their level of self-reliance and identify areas for improvement. The matrix will list the Five Pillars of Self-Reliance and the various skills or qualities associated with them.
