Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 14: The Three Qualities of Nature
Bhagavad Gita 14.12
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा ।
रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥
lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā | rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha ||
Greed, constant activity, the starting of new undertakings, restlessness, and longing: these arise when passion has grown strong, best of the Bharatas.
Modern context
The signs of rajas: greed, constant activity, starting one project after another, restlessness, longing. Many people will recognise their own working week in this list. The problem is not effort itself but effort that never rests and is never satisfied. The cure is not laziness but pause: finishing before starting, resting before running again.