National pride...?

I feel like by naming the traits of Singaporeans and calling them part of our identity, we have stopped trying to improve ourselves.
It can be acceptance of ourselves, or a simple stagnation on our part.
'Kanchiong' is said to be part of being Singaporean, but who isn't impatient? It is influenced by the country that you grow up in, but it doesn't mean that it's inexistent. People of other countries don't title it anything other than 'human qualities', so why is it that when we call it something unique, something that defines us; all of a sudden it is alright?
It's almost as though too much competitiveness is being lumped with identity just because we have embraced the fact that being 'kiasu' is what Singaporeans are.
It's almost as though our own creation of the language Singlish becomes something that's 'okay', because by learning one language half-heartedly we have managed to make it our own.

Of course, this post assumes that we do in fact, stop improvement through acceptance. That's what I see, but perhaps it isn't true.