The fastest growth occurs when there is no way forward and no way back. When you can't make money, can't afford a house or support a family, can't borrow money when something happens, and no one is willing to listen to your complaints, you will inevitably grow the most. When no one understands, believes, or even cares about you; when you are in a desperate situation with no way out, on the edge of a cliff, and beaten down by society, only then can you truly grow.