Predictablity

The other day one of my friends noted that I was a creature of habit and as I thought about it, I couldn’t help but do a little self-analysis and come to the conclusion:

He might be right.

Consider that I generally:

• Show up to work at pretty much the same time every day.
• Park in pretty much the same place every day.
• Wear the same color of shirt every day.
• Haven’t changed my hairstyle since 1985.

That all sounds very predictable.

But is being predictable a bad thing?

Maybe.

But it doesn’t have to be.

Consider the possibility that being predictable can lead to being memorable.

And being memorable is what can make a good result a great one.

Legends are built on events where seemingly predictable situations result in surprising, memorable outcomes.

For example:

• Most people expected Mike Tyson to knock out Buster Douglas.
• In 1980, most people expected the Russians to beat the Americans in Hockey.
• Few people in 1991 expected Coack K.’s Duke Blue Devils to beat Tark-The-Shark’s Running Rebels from UNLV.

In each of the above situations – something memorable happened.

Something no one really expected as an outcome.

And in each case — I suspect that there was a whole-lot of predictability that went into the preparation of the people who were responsible for the memorable outcome.

Predictability.

It just may lead to being memorable.

Or, at least I hope it does.