Learning from the World Cup – Hope

I wasn’t really sure about jumping on the World Cup theme – there’s a heck of a lot of chat ( some better than others) about it already but I wanted just to comment on an observation.

In any game when the supporters are interviewed – or filmed watching the game which seems to be popular now ( last night I saw German fans in Munich and Berlin…cool!)…. the underlying theme to me is HOPE.

There is belief in their team’s abilities, patriotic pride – and hope that their team will do well when it is needed.

There are many situations where we hope for a positive outcome - often when we have done all of the preparation and planning that is needed but a decision lies in somebody else’s hands . A job interview for example – or the outcome of a key presentation to a potential client.

Sometimes it doesn’t work out – in the World Cup a win is the great result of course. Sometimes a draw will do.  Ultimately somebody has to lose.

This is  not a suggestion that you think about winning and losing in a job search context but when things don’t work out as you had hoped like so many of the teams in South Africa right now you need to pick yourself up, think about what went well and do more of that …and put the other stuff right if you can.

Or of course – you could always sack the Manager ( only joking…but maybe that’s a theme for anther post!)