the comment isn’t literal. it was an off handed way of saying that it is beneficial to try and improve oneself to get the most out of life.

i perhaps shouldn’t have qualified his profession because this was a conversation over beers, not his place of work.

it depends on what you consider self-improvement to be

one of my psychologist friends said a long time ago “if you don’t keep improving yourself, then what’s the point in living”.

you’re clearly already taking steps on self-improvement and personal introspection, which is probably one of the hardest things a human can do.

honestly you’re already kicking goals if you try and be a better person each day. No one can ask more of you.