To be outcome independent is to know 100% that whatever the end result of a certain chain of events is, we'll be totally fine and happy, even if the outcome is not the one we had hoped for.
We all hope/pray/lust for certain outcomes, and that's fine and dandy, but tying our future happiness to a specific outcome is not only unhealthy, but also counterproductive.
We can further realize that even if the outcome is the worst-case scenario, most of the time if we reflect on a particularly undesirable outcome in the past, we can still glean from it many positives.
We don't know whether or not any particular outcome will be good or bad for us in the long run, which lends even more credence to the outcome-independent mindset.
References
- It Is What It Is: The Outcome-Independent Mindset, dingtwist.com
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