Have you ever noticed that in this generation exist people who are on the same spot today as you have known them to be several years ago?They have their mentality tied to a spot and they don't think out of the box,that is why they found themselves retarding instead of progressing in life.
Growth is a very paramount virtue which must be each individual's pursuit,we must never be satisfied with a level of growth but always bent on becoming better day by day.
There is a famous saying which says: "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." Learning does not have a end, in your pursuit for growth there should be nothing called an idle time. Be an addicted learner, cherish your idle time by rigorously investing your time on books,writing,painting ,music and anything that brings you joy and adds value to you. When you are loaded, you'll definitely be needed and your gift will definitely make you stand before kings and not before mean men.
One of the problem to growth is pride. Pride is a growth killer, some people feel too superior to others that to learn from them becomes a problem. When you learn from everyone ,it helps you avoid the mistake they made and thereby makes your journey to growth faster. A famous saying says: "you can learn more from a wise man when he is wrong than a fool who is right".
One easiest way to keep growing is to never get tired of asking questions. To be afraid to ask is to be ashamed of learning,only hungry minds can grow. We should inculcate the habit of learning as if we will live forever and live as if death will come tomorrow.
Are you in your thirty's or sevehty's? Anyone who stops learning is old and anyone who keeps on learning remains young and exist as a solution to the society at large.