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Self-improvement can be to reach physical goals, such as being strong or knowledgeable, attracting a partner or not having to worry about money, and these are all valid reasons to work on yourself. However, self-improvement has a metaphysical aspect too, and this is arguably the most important reason to improve oneself; all else is a useful side effect of striving for the divine. It is the struggle for self-mastery, to break the earthly bonds of primitive urges and to ascend to true manhood that is the primary aim. Seek to have the qualities that you desire to see in society: a society whose aim is material wealth is ill and cannot sustain for long, whereas one which focuses on that which transcends the material is healthy and will weather whatever comes its way, and the material benefits which may come from it are pleasant but secondary, just as with personal self-improvement. Aim not just to move to the top of the material, but to rise above it.
