> Another way of thinking about this is: don't choose outputs, choose inputs. What you'll focus on when you look back is how you got there, so choose that carefully. I'm just saying the journey counts at least as much as the destination, and the journey can start the moment you get to the end of this sentence.

Interestingly this is a staple of Eastern philosophy that I heard growing up. The advise was to focus on our actions but not the fruit of our actions.