Champion sports teams and individuals take a winning culture into each game, borne by confidence, sometimes arrogance, and sometimes complacency. And then? Along come a mid-table opponent and does the unlikely!
Strong performers, who have always done well at school, believe they will always do well in whatever they do. But, this is not always the case. Just ask the top achievers who get to university and discover failure for the first time.
Similarly, successful businesses that have always been able to rely on the loyal patronage of the market, are, from time to time, blindsided by external developments. Simply look at suppliers of bread, pasta and potatoes to supermarkets in Cape Town in 2014, and ask them how they've adapted to the low carb, high fat craze that has hit the city.
Deriving confidence from any success is good. Becoming complacent, not so good.
Let your success develop resilience to challenges and failure, and not the assumption that more success will simply follow.
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