Lottery, Expectation & Team Performance

My after-school teacher was an ardent lottery player. His back pocket always bulged out with lottery coupons. He told me, almost daily, how he will, one day, hit a jackpot and his entire life will change completely — and of course immediately stop being a teacher. He told me how he would acquire all the good things of life. I started being extra nice to him so that he can share some of this “imminent” windfall. I looked…