Personal growth and self-improvement are the amongst the biggest cons currently in America. We just aren't hung up with this bs elsewhre in the world.
When one has a decent economic system, people don't have to bend themselves out of shape. The reason people struggle in America isn't because there is something wrong with them - it's because there is something wrong with the culture and the economic system.
Do you know that it is more difficult to progress upwards in America than any other first world country in the world?
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us/harder-for-americans-to-rise-from-lower-rungs.html