Inertia Make Success Progress Lack Activity Interest Unwillingness

Lack of activity or interest, or unwillingness to make an effort to do anything. The physical force that keeps something in the same position or moving in the same direction.

People are angry about the inertia of Congress on this important issue.

After ten years in an unsatisfying job, she overcame her inertia and went back to school.

The difference between success and failure, most definitely, is not about a shortage of ideas that are good. Instead, success is about overcoming the status quo and inertia and working within your organization to make things happen.

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress but that they love inertia.