I’m enjoying following this year’s Football World Cup.
In particular, seeing the likes of Japan topple Germany and watching their fans go crazy, that’s sport summed up in a moment.
It got me thinking about how every World Cup delivers surprise results. There is always an underdog who defeats a team much further up the FIFA rankings.
This idea extends out beyond football though. It feels like every news cycle or financial market update delivers some “unprecedented” finding.
Perhaps a better approach is to expect a surprise result. Might we be caught off guard less frequently? Could it make us more resilient in the face of adversity? Would we then welcome the normal result rather than take it for granted?