Excellent topic. The detachment is towards the end-result of action, not towards performing action. This is actually the art of skillful activity, where one remains as a witness, and does not get elated with success, nor dejected with failure.
In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna in essence advises, " You have the right to act, but you do not have the right to the fruits of your action. Therefore you must act without the anticipation of the result, yet without succumbing to inaction (never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities)."
So, after being established in the natural state of equanimity and bliss, when one thinks or acts from that state it automatically results in excellence, because all mental energies have been conserved and directed towards the task at hand with singular, laser-like focus. This sort of action will naturally produce superior results.
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