The greatest weariness comes from work not done.

Eric Hoffer
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done. A person who continues to work when he is tired of it will suffer more from this weariness than a person who stops working. In the book, "The Power of Habit," Charles Duhigg explains that people who continue to do things that they have been doing for a long time are worn out by their habits. They have become so used to doing what they do that they have lost the ability to concentrate on something else.

So, when they stop doing what they have been doing, they do not feel any sense of relief or accomplishment. Instead, they feel a sense of loss and failure.

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