That ' s true . However telling them that their best isn ' t good enough doesn ' t fix that issue . The lazy ones are going to be lazy until they ' re forced not to be . Just leave them to their devices . As for the ones who do need the challenge , telling them they ' re not good enough isn ' t challenging , it ' s insulting . What they need is someone to tell them that they ' re capable of more and are believed in . A little bit of guidance or assistance while letting them do 90 % of the work can go a LONG way . One of my biggest issues was not being able to afford the medication that gets me to focus on things . All I really needed was someone to hang out while I did chores , chat with me a bit , and smack me if I stopped working .