Be careful with thinking that deep work, expanding your mind, culture,
emotional and spiritual literacy, philosophical, psychological and
political understanding will make you better.
You will become different. Whatever measures by which you discern
'better' before, will be irrelevant, almost laughable to the person
you become. And beware too that growth can itself become a
preoccupation.
If you have goals like be more productive, make more money, change the
world, be more liked... then prepare yourself for at least the
possibility that you will, in the course of real growth, end up
rejecting those things as silly.
edit: accidentally posted as reply to wrong comment
You will become different. Whatever measures by which you discern 'better' before, will be irrelevant, almost laughable to the person you become. And beware too that growth can itself become a preoccupation.
If you have goals like be more productive, make more money, change the world, be more liked... then prepare yourself for at least the possibility that you will, in the course of real growth, end up rejecting those things as silly.
edit: accidentally posted as reply to wrong comment