Everything that has a healthy chance of survival, already by necessity automatically does it. Wanting to grow is in my opinion much more often a result of an absence of any positive ideology that impedes growth, than a result of a positive ideology that furthers growth. You just grow in any direction that seems optimal given the situation you are presently in. You adapt your plans to the circumstances. Learning is an example of mental growth.
Study is exploration into new mental realms.
This keeps the eyes of the entity open to look unbiasedly at its environment, and keeps all its options open for possible actions to execute. Any ideology that is too rigidly believed in is in my opinion always by necessity more an impediment to growth than a help to growth. This is another consequence of the situation that philosophy is irreverent towards all beliefs. Curiosity and willingness to learn, that is, willingness to expand yourself and to grow intellectually, is in my opinion automatic in any intelligent entity. Absence of curiosity and interest in learning, rather than presence of it, is a remarkable, exceptional thing.