How can you motivate someone who is basically lazy?

Answer 1

You have to look to their talents and motivation. This person has things they are passionate about. You must find these (hopefully these passions are in the field they are working) and use these talents. If this person is having fun they are less likely to be lazy. You could have them take a skills test to see if they are in the right job. You could ask them about there job too. See if they think they are working hard. Maybe they are just bored and need a new assignment. Worst case scenario is they are just not motivated and anything you do is a waste of time.

Answer 2

Most people are not basically lazy. If you are dealing with an employee or coworker who appears that way, take a closer look. Odds are that what appears to be laziness could actually be:

1. Boredom. All employees need job enrichment and challenge if they are going to stay motivated and productive. Maybe your employee just needs to know that there is training and other positive support to create a path for him/her to more interesting and challenging work?

2. Low morale. Be honest with yourself. Are your employees reflecting negative attitudes of management back at you? Are they confused because of poor guidance and instructions, feeling alienated because they don't understand your goals and feel like part of the team, or hostile and resentful because some manager is telling them they are lazy or otherwise verbally abusing them?

3. Depression. If some personal disability is manifesting in the workplace, yes, you do have some level of moral obligation to do something about it... talk with your human resources folks about an intervention or treatment program to help them turn it around.

Most of the time, there are no lazy employees, just managers who need some management skills training and enlightenment. Get yourself up the learning curve before you make snap judgements.

Answer 3

It's really hard to motivate somebody. They have to be willing to want to motivate themselves. Money is a general motivator. Some type of end result that they are willing to work for.

Answer 4

Good Luck! Some people are lazy when it comes to certain aspects of their life. It depends in what way you need/want to motivate them. Sometimes, people only respond once they have lost everything which was easily attained.

Answer 5

there is always something to motivate someone.
i get motivated from competition and money.
if you want me to stocka shelf, then put someone with me and i will stock faster and better than them.

if you want me to meet a sales goal, then give me a monetary incentive, or make it a competition.

just find that person's motivation....

ask them. say "look, i know there is potential in you, but i haven't seen it yet. what motivates you. what can i do to help you succeed at your job?"

take care and good luck in the search!

Answer 6

Gosh, I don't think it can be done. We are who we are, and I think it starts in early childhood when parents do too much for the kids or there's no expectation that the kids do anything around the house or don't have any designated responsibilities that they are expected to do. Just an opinion--I'm not a professional.

Answer 7

If an individual is "basically" lazy, this means they have a root problem with laziness. A root problem is not something anyone other than the lazy individual can do anything about. Often a person who seems "basically" lazy, has in fact lost an important trait due to a lack of stimulation growing up. Usually this person is very intelligent and was simply not challenged in school or at home. When an intelligent person is bored or is placed in learning enviroments which do not meet their capabilities, it is easy to get frustrated and bored with what is placed in front of them.

It is of vital importance to provide proper stimuli while growing to in order to assist in acheiving excitement about life in general and enjoyment of what surrounds them. Television is a horrid influance on the intelligent person. It creates a situation where sitting and watching a show decreases brain stimuli. There is minimal brain interaction while viewing shows.

If a show has interactive capabilities which require the perosn watching to interact and use brain cells this increases brain function. It is important to create an enviroment which encourages brain stimulation and growth. This is acheived by providing activities and learning modules which are tailored for individual creative abilites with focus on personal areas of interest. When activating and stimulating a child's brain, it is important to focus on interests. Placing information and activities which hold no personal interest will not stimulate brains.

Now, this individual has developed habits rooted in a basic lack of stimulli. If this is to change, the individual must decide for him/her self what will motivate activity levels. Finding something to be excited over, items of interest which provide an active need of movement, will assist in motivating towards higher levels of participation in life, and a happier outlook. This is a very personalized situation and only the individual affected can learn or find that which excites and motivates towards activities which get him/her up and moving. It needs to be something which provides enough incentive to get up and take some form of action. It is something which is important and fullfilling for these types of individuals.

These are not basically selfish people. They simply lack a foundation of motivation to utilize their talents and learned in early childhood their needs would not be met. Sometimes when a family lacks resourses to place fun, exciting, challenging activities in the lives of their children it has the end result of not allowing the children to discover their talents or utilize them in ways that are fullfilling and raise not only self esteem but feelings of acomplishment and grounding in value. This is sad, and families who lack finacial resourses fail to realize there are ways and methods of stimulating these areas without money.

I think it important to allow this person to know you have faith in his/her abilities, that you see the value and worth, but are sad it is not being fully utilized. This can be accomplished in gental and loving manners which do not further injure the esteem and self worth this person already has a lack of. Find what interests this person the most and encourage interactions with those items. If it is a desire to go camping, fishing, artistry, or what ever interests this person, encourage participation. This is the first step in getting this person to feel alive again. Once they feel alive, excited about life and the fun it can provide, other areas will fall into place. I understand this seems counter to what you wish this person to do "right now". If you are patient and provide an outlet for this person to finally begin exploring what ln life is exciting, other not so fun items will begin to get done as well. It is vital to increase the excitent of just being alive offers and to begin finding what skills and interests provide the most stimuli which in turn will translate into a more postive outlook on life in general. This positive outlook will include a feeling of appreciation for the person who assisted him/her in finally being able to enjoy and fully participate in life.

I wish you the best in aiding this individual in finding like more enjoyable and worthwhile. This will get this person up and moving but you will need to be patient, understanding, and provide some subtle guidance.

Answer 8

Find the one thing or things that motivate them. There is one thing out there. You just need to find it and use it to get them to do something.

Answer 9

It depends on what type of power you have. If they are only a friend point out what they do best. If they live with you kick them out. They will eaither live on the street or get it togther. Tough love is the key.

Answer 10

with money.
money motivates all this world.