How should i motivate myself to get my hw done?

I need help to motivate my brother?

• Pretty much, my brother is a very negative, very down person. Has horrible mood swings, and is the biggest procrastinator in the world. I wanted to help him out by giving him two HUGE business opportunities with companies I work with. I told him what he needs to do, I constantly am on his *** trying to motivate him to do something, and he just won't do it. Whenever he comes over to my house, he seems very thrilled for the businesses, talks with me about everything, listens to me, and goes out with me and makes effort to get himself out there. But whenever he goes home (My moms house) he just drifts away.. He won't answer my calls, he won't reply to texts, he won't get on company calls or reply to my emails. I talked to him recently for a family event, asked how the businesses were going and he said "Not so good". I ask him what he has done to improve it, and he says "Well I havn't really done anything, kinda hard to". It doesn't make sense, nothing he needs to do is hard work AT ALL. I literally am giving my time to help him, almost to the point where I am doing it for him, and he still won't put any effort into doing it at all. He barely listens to me. He says he will call me, he doesn't, I will ask why, he will say "I was busy". Like what? He doesn't have a job, is not in school, does nothing with his time at all, he is just never in a mood. I know I can't change him, but there has got to be a way to motivate him right? Anyone who has been in a similar situation, your opinion is needed. I just want him to be successful and have thrill and joy in his life.

• Answer:

  I know that it is getting harder and harder to motivate kids and young adults. Video games and internet are the best ways to accidentally kill time. The laziness that comes with constant staring at a screen also attributes to bad moods, in all of my experience. He needs to get out and get active. If you are truly patient enough to help, try to get him to visit you more. Home is probably horribly distracting for him. I know that, when I have been stuck at home, I felt like I was in prison. Sure, it might have been a loving environment, but it promoted so much laziness and boredom that I could get nothing done until I left. Do your best to get him out of the house every once in awhile until he can figure out how to motivate himself. If you lose your patience, let him deal with his own problems for some time. ...Also, have him talk to a doctor or something for those mood problems, if you think that they are that bad. However, I doubt that he will want that solution. You'd have to drive him to the appointment and write out everything for the doctor, but you can't force anything to happen.