Keep performing our duty

karmanye vadhika raste, Ma phaleshu kadachana;
ma karma phala he tur bhuh, ma te sangvasta karmani

This means that
Keep performing our duty,
But lay not claim on its outcome.
Be self & don't own the out come of karma ,
Also, neither lean towards inaction.

This is a way a person actually lead the life; knowingly or unknowingly.
It is observe that life's material success & failure are very little own by us.
Success & failure took place due to our own wish designed for this life.
We are born to do certain karmas.
However it is upto us, as how we take these karmas to logical end or taking further logistics / another life.

We need to be a third party of self, having no wish but to simply observe the events.