The Bhagavad-Gita is a sacred book in the Hindu religion which, on the surface, serves as a guide to live a purposeful life.

I do not claim to have read the Bhagavad-Gita in its entirety, but it does contain a very impactful quote.

“You have the right to perform your duty, but not the right to the fruits of your actions.”

The concept lies in the power of releasing the outcome of your actions.

We cannot control the outcome of our labor - we can only control our inputs.

This is where our energy is best spent.

This is interesting because it is a fairly obvious statement, yet we often get consumed by the stress of the outcome.

In practice, we should be obsessing over what we can control - the inputs.

And in a beautiful paradoxical way, if we focus on the inputs, the outcomes often align with our desires.

“Success is in the effort... so if a dude tried his hardest, I'm at peace knowing God ain't deal it in this group of cards for me" - J Cole (Heaven’s EP)

What if we truly believed that success lies within our efforts and not the outcome?

No matter what the outcome is, we would be able to look in the mirror and honestly say that we did everything we possibly could do.

Go out and make a difference.

P.S. I guarantee that Differentiators is the only place where you’ll find a quote from 2,000+ year old sacred religious text and from one of the best rappers ever.