Every once in a while, I get some prescription for lifelong success.
This time it’s Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claiming that “low expectations” and “suffering” are the key for success.
Since I I’m into modelling, let’s draft this declaration in a lesser Christian terms:
In the previous century, Yele psychologist Victor Vroom drafted a theory of motivation called Expectancy theory as:
Motivation (Force)= Valence x Expectancy x Instrumentality
given that:
Motivation – Is the force driving for success.
Expectancy – Is the belief that putting in the effort will result in improved performance.
Instrumentality – Is the belief that improved performance will lead to desired outcomes.
valence – Is the value an individual place on the outcomes.
What Jensen is actually saying by “low expectations” is that there are no free lanches and you have to emphasize “Expectancy” and effort to get things done.
As for “suffering”, Jensen is saying that you should continue to believe in “Instrumentality” in spite of fails.
