Some are happy where they are, but most are stuck in a rut. There is a natural tendency to just "keep doing what you are doing", and many people don't have long

Some are happy where they are, but most are stuck in a rut. There is a natural tendency to just "keep doing what you are doing", and many people don't have long term plans. For example, how many people sit down and decide to become overweight and out of shape? Yet many of us arrive there by default. It is a similar process playing out in employment. Why many people avoid learning and growing. Not that they decided to atrophy, but more that they haven't tried to avoid it. It's difficult to produce change in others, or to get them to see the rut. If you are self motivated, it's like speaking a different language. We expect the desire to improve to be intrinsic, and that if they have the desire that they will act in a way to produce results. But both are false assumptions. There are those with no intrinsic desire, and those who have the desire, but not the habits/discipline to take effective action. My best results has been to push them down the path. Set the goals and routines for them. Get them moving fast enough that learning/growing in a specific area becomes part of the routine.