Self-reliance is a person who knows how to build his own life without relying on others. No help or dependence from outside factors, any other individual, who is independent will do it himself. In general, self-reliance is a way of independence, taking care of yourself and being able to make decisions in your work and life.
Mutual interdependence is the state of the relationship between two parties in which the damage from the severance of the relationship or the reduction of exchanges is equal for each party. Interdependence, according to Joseph Nye, refers to a state in which actors or events in different parts of the system affect each other.