Complacency or growth?

As an educator I often ask this very question to my students. The responses have varied over the years but I have come to find that most people are complacent out of some perfectly structured fear and the need to have constants in their life.  I get it, I really do, whether If an individual has adopted this concept because of commitments , obligations, or perhaps feeling as if they have reach the goals set out, I often wonder wat makes a person sty in that mode. I for one never have been a complacent person, I consider myself driven no motivated by just wanting to evolve beyond my current situation and station in life, that I why I keep myself abreast in my areas of education, research, and things that will improve my life so in turn I can improve others around me.  This way of thinking has at times placed me in the perception of others as either "cocky" or arrogant. But I can say that I am not the least bit ashamed for making a conscious decision and taking the necessary steps to keep moving in a direction that is one of enrichment and fulfillment.  I love learning and getting into other pursuits that make me better, if not then those who know me by my nickname of " Mr. B." really don't know me.  At times while others sleep I am up researching, reviewing, and strategizing plns for future goals, this could lead into why I get very little sleep. I like to attribute the little sleep I do get to that of me not wanting to miss out on a learning opportunity, because even though learning opportunities are not rare,    One still has to sort out the more meaningful ones in order to commence the application of of the learned experience.

I think growth is essential and something everyone should strive for. At times it breaks my spirit to see individuals, so full of talent and promise, leave themselves in one mode simply because they have "mastered" that particular mode, so in a sense they come across as a person well versed on that subject. I would rather venture out beyond what I know so I can process all the gleaned knowledge I have accumulated in my time on earth.  I was once told my a person I considered a mentor that life is a process, and with that simple yet complex phrase I have carried myself into realm of growth that will only linearly progress in a positive direction.