#097 The 5Ds: Optimize Your Performance
Mind Shift with Erwin & Aaron McManus
Erwin McManus + Aaron McManus
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In episode 97 of the Mind Shift Podcast, Aaron and Erwin McManus share their Arena Community Call where they introduce the concept of the Five Ds—Drive, Discipline, Decisiveness, Detail, and Diplomacy—exploring how each plays a crucial role in leadership. Erwin highlights drive as the fuel for leadership, discipline as the foundation, decisiveness as the ability to adapt in chaos, detail as the power of precision, and diplomacy as doing hard things with kindness. Through questions from participants, the discussion covers situational leadership styles, building discipline, balancing vision with detail, navigating the tension between artistry and entrepreneurship, increasing drive while living a textured life, and approaching tough conversations with grace and respect. Erwin emphasizes small, intentional changes as the key to growth and reminds leaders to see details not as criticisms but as opportunities for clarity and improvement. As the session closes, Erwin shares he has a call with the White House before he and Aaron thank the group, encouraging participants to continue reflecting on the Five Ds, share their insights, and keep building stronger, more intentional leadership in their community.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, good morning. It's a beautiful Monday, June 30th. Two days before July 1st. This is |
| 0:07.7 | exciting last arena for the month. How are you doing, Deb? I'm doing good. I'm doing good. |
| 0:13.8 | It feels like a beautiful day in L.A. It's a very beautiful day. Many rainy days this year, |
| 0:20.7 | but very beautiful today. As it's 1002, we have a very beautiful day. Many rainy days this year, but very beautiful today. |
| 0:21.6 | As it's 1002, we have a very exciting session prepared for you. |
| 0:27.6 | Dad, you've been kind of working through. |
| 0:29.6 | Oh, sure, is there a question we should ask the group before we get started? |
| 0:33.6 | Maybe it's like a little icebreaker. |
| 0:34.6 | If it's your first, second, or third time jumping on the call, please let us know in the chat. |
| 0:39.1 | I'd love to give you a little arena welcome from the team and the family. |
| 0:43.7 | Good morning, everybody. How's your weekend? Got a question of everybody, Dad? |
| 0:48.8 | Me? I thought you were going to ask the question. I don't know. |
| 0:53.4 | Question, question, question. What we got? |
| 0:59.3 | Um, well, I, maybe it's like, what's, uh, what's the biggest opportunity that's in front of |
| 1:03.0 | you that, um, requires a level of courage to step into. |
| 1:17.6 | What's one risk you're unwilling to take i didn't say that i'm assuming they're going to be willing to take it erin i'm assuming everyone needs a little push oh elip |
| 1:25.3 | what's your first talk it's in chicago. What's the, what's the scenario? Moving to |
| 1:29.5 | LA. Juan's moving to LA. Amazing. Come to Mosaic. Check us out. Mark Barley's continuing |
| 1:38.9 | progress on his book. It's exciting. Can't wait to read it. I brought a book to share everybody. I left it upstairs. Dad, there's a book. It's exciting. Can't wait to read it. I brought a book to share everybody. I left it upstairs. |
| 1:47.0 | Dad, there's a book on the coffee table behind you. Maybe Austin one of the boys can grab it. |
| 1:51.2 | But there's a book called Hungry by Jeff Gordon-Ye. It's one of my favorite books. |
| 1:55.5 | Ordered a couple of paperbacks this weekend. He gives to some of the guys on the team. |
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