EXPECTANCY: Today’s Measure of Tomorrow’s Success

Expectancy is a person’s subjective estimation of the probability of reaching a specific endpoint with a value. It is an endpoint-oriented expectation.

We always have expectations, yet we rarely think about them. Our expectations are usually an extrapolation of the past and present and are 100% certain.

For instance, if today is Thursday, we expect and are sure that tomorrow will be Friday, and if nothing special is planned, tomorrow will be pretty similar to last week’s Friday.

If we are mentally stable, we do not concentrate much on what would happen if tomorrow does not come or something terrible occurs.

Expectancy is our expectation about a particular endpoint—the future event with value for us. If we are sure it will happen, then expectancy is high. However, the longer we do not achieve the endpoint, the more uncertain we might start feeling about achieving it—the expectation decreases—and the higher the probability of demotivation.

To keep expectancy high, we must get feedback that proves we are moving in the right direction.

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