England expects? Evidence shows that it is in fact best to expect the worst from England’s World Cup campaigns. Tom Bogert writes about tempering expectations and the need for setting the bar low.

Life is all about relativity and managing expectations. A shrewd way to navigate this obstacle course of life is to underpromise and overdeliver.
Managing expectations is key because it crafts how we view every single experience. When going into each scenario, our brain calculates what we believe to be a sensible projection of what’s to come.
We assume how long a car ride will take, how much fun a party might be, how much sleep we expect to get on a given night and everything in between.