Ep 114: The Assumption Trap

You've been building decisions on conclusions you never tested. This episode shows you exactly where — and gives you one tool to stop.

Description
Have you ever been absolutely certain about something... and been completely wrong? Not wrong about a small detail — wrong about the whole story.

In this episode of The Shattered Mindset Podcast, Melvin Larry breaks down The Assumption Trap — the quiet, everyday habit of treating our own conclusions like facts. Melvin walks through the psychology behind it (confirmation bias, the Pygmalion effect), the five places it shows up in real life — invisible boundaries, misread relationships, identity, missed opportunity, and how we see God, ourselves, and others — and a simple four-part check you can use to catch an assumption before it costs you something.

Melvin also shares a personal story from a night his family's car broke down on a bridge in Mississippi, and introduces his S.I.F.T. Process™ — a practical framework for separating what actually happened from the story you told yourself about it.

If you've ever assumed the worst about a text message, written off a relationship over something that was never said out loud, or talked yourself out of an opportunity before anyone had the chance to say no — this episode is for you.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/E_HdO1Cm-Aw

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Resources
Free Tool — The S.I.F.T. Process™: Situation, Interpretation, Feeling, Trajectory. Download it at go.theshatteredmindset.com/sift

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Recommended Episodes

• "What Is Life Quietly Producing in You?"  Episode 108
• "Step Back and Look at Your Work" Ep 110

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