In my life, I met, have lived and worked with those who are highly educated, have a high level of competencies as well as disciplines (in a lot of disciplines?) after I graduated from my master's course.
By meeting them, I expanded my perspectives, knew (better: got to know) my weaknesses and grew more (better: I have grown as a person).

I grew up in a very rural, underpopulated (sparsely populated) and aging town (or even community) until I became turned 18 years old.
To be frank, many people in the village are not much very educated and sophisticated. (In particular, regarding inter-personnal and communication skills)
I did not notice about it at my early ages, but once I came back here, I am gradually accepting it.

I have many weaknesses and desire to improve myself more and more.
Sometimes I am afraid that these weaknesses are inherited with from the environments where in which I grew up (grew by itself is more used for plants) . The environment and systems make you determine how to behave and live.

I normally think that the past does not much decide (maybe a better word would be influence) your future, but your vision makes your future.
But these visions and predictions are often based on the past.

We might need to expand our living zones, experience more things and meet more people. So it enables you to visualise the desired future, which are is beyond your past experiences.