#112 Purpose Vs. Opinion
MCMANUS (Formerly Mind Shift) with Erwin & Aaron McManus
Erwin McManus + Aaron McManus
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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In this return episode, Aaron and Erwin McManus reflect on the past year and explore the tension between personal beliefs, ideologies, and the pursuit of meaningful relationships, sharing candid stories about dating, faith, politics, and the challenge of aligning passion with connection. They unpack how opinions and identity can either deepen relationships or quietly erode them, while emphasizing the necessity of shared purpose for long-term fulfillment. The conversation weaves through personal updates—from unusual weather patterns and flooding in California to the renovation of the Rialto Theater in South Pasadena and its renewed impact on the Mosaic community—alongside reflections on resilience through COVID and ongoing change. Aaron and Erwin celebrate the sold-out success of the Seven Frequencies of Communication workshop with over 150 participants and look ahead to future events in New York, Miami, Chicago, and beyond, discussing how discernment, adaptability, and focus help separate meaningful opportunities from noise. They also examine the influence of media and news on perception, the importance of staying informed without losing one’s values, and the responsibility to add value rather than division in conversation. The episode closes with a forward-looking vision centered on purpose, personal growth, and contributing to the greater good through relationships, community, and intentional dialogue.
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| 0:00.0 | You were listening to the Mind Shift podcast. My name is Aaron McManus, and I'm here with my dad, Erwin Raphael McManus. It's been a while since we've been on this podcast and done a full episode. How are you doing? I'm good. It's been a year. It's been a year. In the way some measure time. Yes, I think our last episode was sometime in December. So this is, this is exciting. We're back at it. |
| 0:21.6 | Our last episode was 2025. |
| 0:23.8 | And now we're in 26. |
| 0:26.1 | You know, we've been doing, yeah, welcome to 2026. |
| 0:29.2 | Happy New Year. |
| 0:30.1 | Yeah, you too. |
| 0:30.8 | It's already a great year. |
| 0:32.5 | It already is such a better year than last year. |
| 0:37.3 | You know, just already. There's no fires. You know, |
| 0:41.4 | it rained a lot over Christmas. And, you know, one thing that we make a joke about in California |
| 0:46.5 | is that our houses are made of, you know, drywall and basically just glorified cardboard paper. |
| 1:27.7 | Well, that's why there's a lot of stuff. Every time like the group chat with friends is like whose house is leaking and all the things. And so I've got, you know, I was actually one of my friends' moms. It's so sweet. She DM me was like, happy New Year's guys, we miss you. And I was like, she's like, how's it been? And I was like, last two years we're absolute hell, but we're looking up. I'm excited for what's going to happen in 2026. And she got, she responded this morning, L.O.L. My life's been rough. We're praying for each other. And I was like, yes. It is crazy. Last year began with fires and this year began with rain. It was kind of crazy. |
| 1:34.7 | We've already had enough rain to consider this year a non-draught year for California. Didn't they say that it rained like 8,000% more than any December and I think in like |
| 1:41.7 | LA's like recorded history or something? |
| 1:44.1 | I don't know the exact number. I just know that a lot of that rain got inside of our houses. any December, I think in like LA's like recorded history or something. |
| 1:48.2 | I don't know the exact number. I just know that a lot of that rain got inside of our houses. |
| 1:54.3 | Oh my gosh. I was I was at the gym that I go work out at, which hasn't been as consistent as it should be. But I went in there and it had been pouring down rain and I hit the elevator |
| 1:59.1 | and then I saw water coming down the outside |
| 2:01.8 | of the elevator yeah and decided I'll take the stairs I'm here to work out anyway and then a few |
| 2:06.3 | minutes later the fire alarm went off and it's because the elevators were jammed oh that's crazy that's so |
| 2:10.8 | bad and that's one of the nice like buildings in L.A no did you know that okay so you know the the |
| 2:16.0 | hillstone in Beverly yeah I last Christmas like, I was, I'm, like, I'm, sit at like the little bar because there's no weight there. And I told you, I think I told you this. And I asked for like water. And the woman goes, I could get you a water. But it's in the section that's absolutely flooding right now. And then she shows me and it's like just rain coming down in like such a nice like such a good restaurant and she's like |
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