#098 Crime And Character
MCMANUS (Formerly Mind Shift) with Erwin & Aaron McManus
Erwin McManus + Aaron McManus
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In episode 98 of the Mind Shift Podcast, Aaron McManus and his father, Erwin Raphael McManus, catch up on their recent travels and experiences, from Mosaic gatherings in New York, to a special wedding and Erwin’s birthday celebrations in New York after attending a business event in Vegas for Monat, a $3.8 billion company. They recount their time at the US Open, reflecting on the intensity of the matches, the role of mindset in athletic performance, and even the humor of overpriced stadium food. The conversation takes a serious turn as Erwin recounts a frightening home invasion attempt while his wife was inside, criticizing the mindset of criminals. This leads into a larger discussion on crime, responsibility, and the erosion of societal values, with Erwin emphasizing that character, not wealth, is what builds strong cultures and nations. They address the backlash Erwin received on social media for posting about the incident, clarifying his views on responsibility, property, and the assumptions made by critics. Together, Aaron and Erwin stress the importance of honest, passionate dialogue, personal responsibility, and the need to rebuild culture on the foundation of integrity and character, closing the episode with a commitment to continue unpacking these pressing issues in future conversations.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Mind Shift podcast. My name is Aaron McManus. I'm here with my dad, |
| 0:03.6 | Erwin Raphael McManus. How are you doing today? I'm actually doing really, really good. You're doing well? Yeah, I am. Man, we've had so much travel the last few weeks, but it's been an absolute joy, wanting to get back to home, get back to L.A., to sleep in my own bed. It's been a miracle. |
| 0:00.9 | You've been |
| 0:01.4 | fighting jet lag like |
| 0:02.3 | crazy. |
| 0:02.9 | Jetlock like crazy. |
| 0:03.9 | Had the best |
| 0:04.8 | trip was in |
| 0:05.4 | New York and |
| 0:05.9 | in London and |
| 0:06.6 | my bed. And so I don't know if my body knows where it is. No, no. Your body's somewhere but your soul is still traveling the world. I think I'm just trying to wait for my soul's reentry to my body. |
| 0:40.9 | Yeah, I just went to New York. |
| 0:42.4 | Actually, I didn't. |
| 0:44.0 | I went to Vegas. |
| 0:45.3 | I don't usually admit that. |
| 0:48.0 | Give some context. |
| 0:49.3 | Whenever you say you go to Vegas, everybody just jumps right in thinking you're going to gamble. |
| 0:53.7 | But no, there's a lot of |
| 0:55.1 | business events in Vegas and a lot of our great friends live in Vegas. And so I was there for |
| 1:00.2 | a really cool business event that had about 4,000 women. It was just women? Pretty much all |
| 1:09.8 | women. There might have been 100 men. It was a sales conference, right? Yeah, it was this women pretty much all women there might have been a hundred men it was a |
| 1:12.1 | sales conference right yeah it's this incredible company monat and it stands for modern nature okay |
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