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The Gambler’s Fallacy
Season 1 Episode 248
In this episode, we dive deep into one of the most seductive illusions in human psychology: The Gambler’s Fallacy — the belief that after a streak of bad outcomes, a win is “due.”
But this isn’t about roulette wheels or casinos. This is about your life.
You’ll step into a second-person immersive story where eight blacks hit in a row, and you feel the pull — the emotional lie — that the wheel owes you red. And by the end of this episode, you’ll understand how that same false logic controls relationships, career decisions, self-worth, and the paths we stay stuck on for far too long.
This episode breaks down:
- Why your brain craves patterns that don’t exist
- Why you expect life to “balance out” when it won’t
- How emotional gambling destroys your time, energy, and identity
- How to break the fallacy and start living strategically, not superstitiously
- Practical mind shifts that instantly change your decision-making
If you’ve ever felt “due for a win,” this episode will shake you — then empower you.
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