This book is a (very) short essay about self-reliance, intellectual honesty, and self-esteem, and what it means to be an Objectivist. The essay lays out what it means if you choose the path of self-reliance, what commitments you are undertaking if you do so, what you gain, what you lose, how and why self-reliance can help you live a better life, and what you would have to give up, so that you can make an informed decision about how you want to live your life. If you’re not happy with the way things are going and you want to make a change, this short self-help philosophy book about self-reliance and self-esteem might be just the thing to make you look at your life with a fresh set of eyes.