Lack of Motivation a Problem for anyone?

[lawn_pro]

First time this has happened, but it is the beginning of the season, everything is going good....plenty of customers no problems with equipment, all the experienced employees are coming back...lots of stuff to be doing...And I am not really that excited to go out and work this spring, not sure what the deal is...I am really not a slacker...Anyone else ever experience this?

[wski4fun]

Had that happen to me back in 97. Sold everything to someone I knew. A few months ago I pull up next to him in my 2000 jetta. He has a brand new truck worth about 45K and his house is worth about 4x as much. Guess what I'm doing now. :cry: :cry: :cry: :hammerhead: :hammerhead: :hammerhead:

[grassyfras]

It happens. I just got out of that mode. After getting a part time job as a bus boy and making 35 bucks a night you learn whats fun and whats not fun.

[Envy Lawn Service]

Yes, it's something that even the hard core go through.
Sorta like procrastination in a way too.

It's normal I think...

[1MajorTom]

sure, i think everyone experiences a lull in their motivation. you have any goals that you are working towards? if you become complacent about the growth of your company, that's when you'll start to take it for granted. when you have something to work for, or strive for, that's when you'll be more motivated. set yourself a new goal to reach.

[topsites]

Nothing motivates me faster than the higher estimates, coupled with 'clean' work (example: mulch, grass cutting lush green)
Nothing motivates me less than low bids, together with dirty work (example: brush clearing, running machines through dirt lots).

If I know I can earn close to record $ / hour by half goofing around, I wake up at 6am ready to ROLL without alarm clock and even if I was up until 4am.

If I know I underbid, it could be noon before I get out of bed, if I make it.

[Scotts' Yard Care]

Everytime I feel like this I think about when I had to work for someone else:cry: I'm like a kid again and ready to kick butt on the job:weightlifter:

[sheshovel]

OH yea..in fact I don't want to work at ALL,I don't wanna leave the house!But now I am tiering of the rain and snow and starting to get a bit of either cabin..or spring fever.Once I get into the work..go to the nursery and start picking out plants and tree's,I am sure I will snap out of it..I have to I have to pay my bills...great motivation for me.I have been waiting on a certain rock I need for several jobs to get up here..well it is here after 3 weeks..coulden't deliver today because the supplier got his big dump stuck in the mud real bad a few towns away..so that kind of start/stop and weather conditions start/stop..kinda messes with you.Get out there and you'll be fine.

[traman]

yep not motivated at all ,daylight savings time does it for me ,just don't want to get out of bed .plus its well in the 80 degree mark here,just drains any motivation ya have .but got some new stuff from ups today ocdc and two new larger tires for the hp something new to try out hp came with 24/9.50/12 jump up to 24/12/12 for more grip on the wet stuff

[QualityLawnCare4u]

I have the worse case of it this spring I have ever had and Im not a slacker either. Between the wonderful luck I have been having and poor health Im having to make myself go everyday and Im trying to jumpstart myself remembering what its like to work for someone else.

[jtkplc]

I hate how the season starts and ends with the most unmotivating work, clean-ups. I hate thinking about getting out and doing it. But I know once the grass starts growing and the balance of my bank account does, too, I'll be motivated everyday to get out in the fresh air (minus the gas fumes) and sunshine and do what I love to do. :dancing:

I agree with 1MajorTom's post. If you have goals to work towards it makes it fun and enjoyable to go to work everyday.

[topsites]

To get myself seriously motivated, first I bought the medalist Sony atrac mp3 Cd-player with the Koss earbuds. This joker plays loud, strong music for hours on end for as long and hard as you can work. The earbuds sell separately, plan on spending around 100 dollars for this stuff.

Then I find an mp3 search engine and search for any of the following:
Radio edit, radio mix, remix, disco mix, dance mix, dance remix, club mix, club remix.

This gives me results of songs used in discotheques both here and in Europe, and you know what that means: PUMP'in Music !!!

Read the titles, it can be hard to tell what is good and what isn't, if in doubt, download.
Some links won't work, move on to the next.
And yes once downloaded you have to listen to most every song, if not to completion then at least several parts of it.
Keep only the ones you like, the ones that pump you up.

Takes time (days, maybe weeks), but I collect 100-120 of these and build a collection, then burn them all to a Gold cd (maxell or thereabouts, spend the moolah).
Test it and re-test it, sometimes the burn fails, but once it's good to go, that's enough music to last all year.
Took me a few years to get good at it, until I got to where at least 90 percent of the CD is hardcore good stuff.
But even the first trials rocked better than silence.

Once I get to a place, I slip in the Koss buds and the Cd-player goes around my waist (oh yeah, get one of those cd-holder belts) and over top of the earbuds I wear the Stihl earmuffs. It's like having a baddie stereo in the customer's yard, you can't even hear the machine anymore but you disturb nobody.

As fat boy slim would say:
If this don't make your booty move, your booty must be dead.

[ECS]

Nope, I love my job and have loved every job I have had. I get every morning excited to go to work and make a living for me and my wife. My job, no matter what it is is very important and personal to me and I take an awful lot of pride in everything I do. Now I am out on my own and work for myself, actually I work for the customer, and love every minute of it. My business is set strictly on cusomer service, and I guess I am fortunate to have the customers who don't mind paying for customer service. My entire working history has been customer service and I believe it is the basis for a good businesss. The last name of my business is Services and for a reason.

[wski4fun]

I hope this doesn't bring anybody down but maybe puts it into perspective. I have a brother that was murdered 15 yrs ago. I have another brother over in Iraq with a wife and two kids he hasn't seen in 5 months. I have a new business with 2 cust and about 35k worth of truck and equip. I have the best girl in the world and I couldn't be happier. Life can suck. There is a lot of crap out there. find something little that makes you smile and always keep that in the back of your mind.