Forget the outcome completely. Forget everything about the outcome. I feel it's important to forget that part. The best part about life comes when you forget the outcome and live independently irrespective of the outcome. I feel like that's where growth really happens. We start noticing things that we couldn't do before we are doing it very easily. Forget the past, forget the future. Live in the present moment.
Get your passion on the paper. Detach from the outcome. Forget whether it's going to get published. I love this statement. What he says is that you need to get your passion on paper and completely detach from the outcome. Forget about whether anything is going to get published. This is more for the creative writers in the world. Every time you think about something you are putting more of you in that. I feel like when you think about whether the paper is going to be published, you don't really have a creative way of doing things. It's experimental. When feeling creative you need to think in a way where you can write whatever it is that you wish to write. Creativity is a way to express yourself fully. Not just through words but through emotions also. I mean, the more I am thinking about this.
The act of creation is sacred and deeply personal. It’s about capturing something authentic that lives inside you. When you focus solely on that process, on the pure joy and urgency of expressing yourself, you tap into a wellspring of originality and vitality that no external validation can match.
Detaching from the outcome means releasing yourself from the pressure of success or failure, from the need for approval or recognition. It means writing or creating simply because you must, because your voice matters. Whether your work ever reaches an audience, whether it is published or celebrated, is not the point. The point is that you have created something true to yourself.
When you forget about the destination, you give yourself permission to experiment, to take risks, to explore new ideas without fear. This freedom often leads to unexpected breakthroughs and deeper insights. You become a writer, an artist, a creator in your purest form, focused on the journey rather than the destination.
This quote carries profound wisdom. Often, our fears are tightly linked to our fixation on outcomes. We obsess over whether we’ll succeed or fail, and that uncertainty breeds anxiety. But if you pause and truly reflect, you’ll realise, fear is not really about the present moment. It’s about the imagined future. It’s about a potential scenario where things go wrong. And ironically, whether you fear it or not, the outcome will unfold the same way.
Let’s break this down with an example. Say you’ve been given an important task at work. Almost instantly, your mind races: What if I mess it up? What if I’m not good enough? What if this affects my promotion? All these fears stem from a deep concern about the outcome. Similarly, starting a business brings fear, of failure, of losing money, of not being taken seriously. Investing in a risky stock? Again, it’s fear of losing. So the common thread is this: Fear arises from attachment to a particular result.
So what if we remove the attachment to the result altogether? What if we could simply focus on the process, on doing our best, without worrying about the end?
That’s the ideal. And while it's not easy, it’s definitely possible with the right mindset and tools.'
1. Develop Competence:
The foundation of confidence is competence. One of the root causes of fear is the uncertainty of whether we’re capable enough to handle a challenge. If you're not sure you have the skills, fear naturally creeps in. So the first step is to build your capabilities, through learning, repetition, and refinement.
2. Build Confidence from Competence:
Confidence doesn’t come from blind optimism. It comes from seeing yourself succeed through effort. When you know you’ve prepared thoroughly, when you’ve seen yourself overcome obstacles before, you trust your ability to figure things out, even if the outcome is uncertain.
3. Practice Relentlessly:
Competence, and in turn confidence, comes through consistent practice. The more you engage with something, the more you desensitize your mind to the fear of it. Repetition is how you turn the unfamiliar into the familiar. With enough practice, fear fades because your brain starts to see the task as manageable.
4. Detach from the Outcome:
This is where the mindset shift happens. Start telling yourself:
“I am not my outcomes. My worth is not defined by success or failure. What matters is that I showed up, I gave it my all, and I grew in the process.”
This kind of self-talk trains your mind to be process-oriented rather than result-oriented. It shifts your focus from external validation to internal progress.
5. Embrace the Reality of Uncertainty
Even when you’ve done everything right, outcomes can still go against you. That’s life. And that’s okay. If the outcome doesn’t go your way, it’s not the end, it’s feedback, not failure. It’s another stepping stone to mastery, to wisdom, to becoming the kind of person who thrives despite setbacks.
Final Thoughts:
The fear of outcomes is deeply human. But it doesn’t have to control us. The more we focus on effort over outcome, growth over perfection, and learning over loss, the freer we become.
You can’t always control what happens, but you can always control how you show up. And often, that’s all that really matters.
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