Loss Of Motivation
I know many people who smoke dope/cannabis/marijuana recreationally and this from what I can see does not affect them. The ones who smoke it every day seem to have some side effects, but this is not a subject that can be discussed with them as they will deny this. I guess it affects people differently and how often one smokes this. I know motivation is a problem from those that I know smoke it daily and I encountered this today with someone I know and never knew they had a problem.
This week I have been concentrating on the packaging business as this is the cash cow business and when you need quick cash this is the easiest business of the three I have to grow. The motivation is quite simple and that is the cash this can generate solving the financial problems the other two businesses create.
A couple of months ago I lost a sales representative who was going through a personal crisis in her life and her head was clearly not in the right place. She was going through far more than I could comprehend and decided to reach out this morning to see how she was doing. This is what friends do even if it is just a phone call every now and then and do not judge them.
It turned out she had been smoking Dope/Marijuana for the last 5 years and this had in her words changed reality into La La Land and she had no motivation to do anything. I know others who smoke dope daily and they have mood swings and also lack motivation so it is kind of understandable.
She has been off the dope for 67 days now and she mentioned that she has noticed a difference and has more clarity with her thoughts. This is good news as she is now back in the game and I need her to start selling packaging materials. I know the potential she has for herself and for our packaging business and she is worth the time investment to get her back on track.
This lady has been in the logistics industry for over 30 years and is so well connected that selling to her contacts should be simple. I realized that she needs a bit of a pick me up and some self confidence boosting. Saying you are motivated and actually doing something on your own steam may need some extra encouragement and this I will do to help her get on her feet.
I have never been at rock bottom having any type of personal crisis so I would not know exactly where she is coming from. I do understand this is a process and the first part is understanding the problem before you can fix it. This lady I have known for over 20 years and today was the first time in many years I can say she seemed herself.
Together we formulated a simple strategy and that was to visit one of her close friends in the logistics industry and go and have a coffee with them. There is no pressure and expect that this will help boost her confidence by selling a product to someone she knows. She has well over a hundred contacts so starting with one this week and maybe 3 next week will slowly get her back into routine until she is seeing 2 or 3 companies daily.
I always believe once you see the results of your efforts you find even more motivation to do more and I am trying to break her in slowly. You could want to do too much and then lose motivation within a few weeks so starting slow and building gradually in this particular case should be a far better approach. Again I am no shrink or doctor so this is more about how I am reading the situation helping get someone who has lost themselves get back on their feet.
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This is really sad. Knowing someone for two decades, but you know, you don't know them as they are not what they are presenting themselves. This happens when people are playing a role to won you over, but it's sad when this act has behind some substances.
Pot will kill your motivation, unless your motivation is to sit on your ass! :)
I agree with what you are saying.
I never had to deal with drugs, though pot is completely legal in Washington state to the point where it is more socially acceptable than sigarets
Me neither as drugs has never been a thing before until today. I know some people who use it and they have definitely changed not for the better.
Good that she has find a way to be herself again. Some can get stuck in this vicious cycle of taking in more drugs to chase short-lived motivation that would only left them quite empty on the inside. I've also noticed that experiencing the results of one's action can get addicting, but in a good way to keep the momentum going, I hope she finds hers soon.
I know quite a few people that are regular smokers and only one of them can I say manages being high and also productive. The rest of them blow off obligation and just lounge around. I don't know what it does to their mental state but perhaps this is because mostly when I am around any sort of dope smoking, drinking is involved as well and people are just going nuts. There's a lot of laughing. As someone who partakes every now and then I can see how it can be fun, but if it becomes something you are doing all the time just to function, that is definitely a bad thing.
Has your staff member indicated that it was at all difficult to stop using?
Proponents of ganja always say that it is not habit forming but this has always sounded like BS to me.
So many people go through life suffering in silence, and instead of burdening their friends with their problems they will turn to substances to cope. Its sad that this was the case with your friend, but I am glad that she is sober again and starting to get back to normal. A little compassion and support from loved ones can go a long way. You seem like a good friend.
Not a close friend, but a friend offering support and guidance which is all you can do as they need to do this for themselves.
Turns you into a spaced out zombie if you do it for years. Enough said
You're a good guy to give her another shot and mentor her back to success.
Smoking weed can be addictive and motivation can often go to zero.
Great to hear that she knocked it on the head.
Let us see what her next moves are as I would like to see actions first.