Why we need to stop doing survival business and do productive business if the economy is to grow

The question is, are we doing the kind of business that spurs economic growth. Before we even answer that question, do we know that the economy is me and you? The economy isn’t a money making machine of some sorts, it depends on the money you and me make through the different financial activities we engage ourselves in. That said, are we engaging in the sort of activities both in magnitude and k