No motivation

I have always been a top performer at my company, bad month meant that I finished 15th in the company. However, the past month and a half has been a real grind and I have been struggling to find motivation. Now we are halfway through May and I am behind pacing for quota. Plenty of external reasons I could blame with return to normalcy, industry trends ect, (and everyone is struggling this month in the company).

Normally, if I was having a slower month I would put in some extra effort, grind away some after hours cold calls, skip lunches and do whatever it takes to make a good commision check. However, I just don't want to right now, might be the WFH is finally getting to me, just looking forward to my 2 week vacation in June, or just life in general. Overall, I can admit that my mental health has seriously taken a downward turn this quarter and I can't seem to get out of this funk.

What strategies (besides just focusing on $$$) have you all used for this to keep yourself motivated? Are people in other sales roles struggling right now too?

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Beans
Big Shot
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Enterprise Account Executive
Journal my dude.

It has changed my outlook on life, and helped me grow in both personal and professional relationships.ย 

Happy to recommend one.ย 
FiresideChads
Good Citizen
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Account Executive
Happy to recommend a journal?ย  Or something else?ย  Genuinely curious....
Beans
Big Shot
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Enterprise Account Executive
Guided journals have prompts to help you write, they ask thoughtful questions and help you reflect on both the day and future goals.

I'm not a creative write by any means, so having a "task" for my journaling makes it both challenging and rewarding.ย 
SalesViking
Valued Contributor
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Partner Dev Consultant
Never journaled before, what would you recommend? I dont even know how lol
User1234567
Politicker
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User1234567
just write down whatever you are thinking it can be anything. I personally like to write down a couple things in the morning and before bed of what I am grateful for that day - can be as little or as big as you wantย 
Salespreuner
Big Shot
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Regional Sales Director
Absolutely. Helps big time
User1234567
Politicker
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User1234567
I have found journaling helps - doing it in the morning and at night before bedย 
Chep
WR Officer
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Bitcoin Adoption Specialist
Meditation has helped me a lot recently. Also, spending time thinking through what really makes you happy in the long term. Not short term joys like closing deals and scheduling meetings
User1234567
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User1234567
This can help destress a lot of people - it does take practiceย 
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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๐ŸฆŠ
Therapy might be a good thing to look into.

But yes definitely I have days like these.
SalesViking
Valued Contributor
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Partner Dev Consultant
Company is paying for BetterHelp thru the EOY and gave it a shot as my first adulthood therapy session but the guy ended up bringing politics up in our first session and it left a bad taste in my mouth and havent tried again... might be worth it to look again though
User1234567
Politicker
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User1234567
Talking it out to anyone you trust can be helpful alsoย 
Ryscott0317
Politicker
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Cloud Specialist
Struggling hard and not sure what I can do either. They just gave me APAC though so hopefully that will help.ย 

Itโ€™s also tough because Iโ€™m really only motivated to provide for a family I donโ€™t even have yet. I can make a great living off the base since Iโ€™m bachelor but I know I need to step it up to be a provider one day.
User1234567
Politicker
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User1234567
Just know that you will get through this! The future has lots of good things comingย 
BigCheese
Notorious Answer
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Agency Recruiter
I've been running into this a bit recently too. For me, it's more of a day-to-day thing rather than a consistent or growing sense of that but there's a lot of helpful tips here in this thread as well.

https://bravado.co/war-room/posts/no-motivation
User1234567
Politicker
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User1234567
I like this - taking it day by day can make it seem less scaryย 
JuicyKlay
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AM
Exercising first thing in the morning then lots of caffeine throughout the day! Gamifying work also helps. Example - every cold email you send you do 5 pushups or throwing darts between cold calls until you get from 300-0.
odavarb
Fire Starter
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Sales
Exercising first thing in the morning?! Only crazy people do that lol
User1234567
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User1234567
agreed, I'm big on after work or during my lunch breakย 
User1234567
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User1234567
Exercising is a great way to release stress and receive those feel good vibes
User1234567
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User1234567
Motivation can be hard to find sometimes - just focus on the future and take one day at a timeย 
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