When I was very young, once when I worked very hard and still got a second rank in class, I asked my mother what could have gone wrong. She sat me down and lovingly told me that I must not lay so much emphasis on the end result but rather focus on my perfect efforts to achieve that goal. She cited a quote from Gita, ‘Karm kiye jaa, fal ki iccha chod de’, meaning you keep doing your side of hard work and good to others without worrying about what fruits you will reap for them...