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Fatigue and Work

The usual understanding is that fatigue is caused by overwork. So the remedy for fatigue is rest or abstinence from doing work. However, if we look deep into the subject , we will find that overwork is hardly the reason for work related fatigue. In most cases fatigue is caused by lack of interest in work that we are otherwise supposed to do. In many cases too little work can also lead to fatigue and this has been the reason for workplace fatigue in the recent years. As AI takes up more and more human work employees need to find a way to deal with this fatigue. If someone is really interested in his or her work then even after spending long working hours ,the sense of fatigue may not arrive at all. The idea is to take up a work that interests you. Work done in joy and enthusiasm is equivalent to dynamic rest.A work done without any interest as a mere duty or task will naturally tire us soon.The remedy therefore is to keep the interest alive.  Interest in a specific work does not dep...