What do you do with kids that just have no drive whatsoever.

I don't know how to explain it really. I have a 22month old. Very easy going, happy, laid back child but this kid has no drive in life. Yesterday his ball rolled under a crib beside him. Like, it was at the edge of the crib clearly in view and reach. He Said "stuck" and pointed. I told him it wasn't stuck he needs to try. I told him to lie down and reach for it. The child lied down on the floor looking at the ball right in front of him, saying "stuck" then got up and went off to play with something else. It was clearly right there, he could have reached it while standing, while lying, in sooooo many ways. But he just determined he couldn't and went off for something else.

This happens ALL the time. It is something the child can clearly do but just determines it to hard and moves on.

Don't get me wrong, it makes for an easy kid. But it drives me bonkers that the child doesn't try and just gives up.

He is a bright, happy child. But he puts no effort in. He very much wants to ride the riding cars with the other kids but just stands by one saying stuck. With no effort to sit on it. I have tried to break it down into simple steps. "lift leg, swing over, sit" he CAN do it, he HAS done it a couple times. But he doesn't. He Just says stuck and moves on to something else!!!!! He is 22months old, he can sit himself on a riding car.

How the heck do I instill some drive into this child? He will be 2 in just a few months. He is capable of sooo much more. I seriously do not believe there is any developmental issues here. He just doesn't have the drive.

Any suggestions? This has kind of just become a vent! It isn't even just that the child is so helpless. It is that the child is helpless and doesn't care so wanders off to the next thing. Shouldn't the child be upset they think they can't do something and either persist until it happens or throw a fit until someone helps?

The child has a ton of words (in 3 languages), he clearly expresses himself and he clearly understands what others say. He eats and sleeps great. There are no signs of any developmental delays. He just gives up on everything without trying.