TROUBLE IN THE BUBBLE – S03E06
MCMANUS (Formerly Mind Shift) with Erwin & Aaron McManus
Erwin McManus + Aaron McManus
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2020
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
NBA Bubble / Personal Character / Future of the Church
In this week’s podcast, Erwin and Aaron McManus use the NBA ‘bubble’ as context to discuss what it means to overcome and achieve greatness in challenging environments. Right now we are watching some basketball players excel, while others are choking. Erwin reminds us that we don’t have the right to complain about something that everyone else is experiencing. We are all being faced with obstacles right now. But, those who prepared ahead of time are coming out on top.
To be able to thrive in moments of pressure, we need to be living for an audience of one: God. When we live for the applause outside of our own ‘bubble,’ we cave when the cheers subside. As humans, we are meant to live in a drive that is deeply internal. Our work and our achievements can only take us so far if we depend on praise from others.
Aaron opens up about areas in his character he has grown in as well as where he wants to continue to see growth. Erwin reminds him that sometimes, we outgrow relationships as we grow. And growth by nature is incremental. We all need relationships that believe in the best of us.
Lastly, the McManus duo answers a question from a listener about how they see the future of the Church. They address the need for a diverse group of thinkers within the Church including: John Mark Comer, Michael Todd, Judah Smith, and Chad Veach. These voices are bringing unique perspectives and messages needed for this time.
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Battle Ready Podcast - Season 3 Episode 6 - Trouble In The Bubble
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the Battle Ready Podcast, I am Airmikmanis, joined by my father. |
| 0:19.0 | Father, you're being very formal today. |
| 0:22.0 | I am being very formal today. I thought I was your dad. You are my dad. |
| 0:25.0 | All right, well, I'm Erwin-McManus. Yes. And I'm so excited about this next episode of Battle Ready. |
| 0:30.9 | I'm very excited about this episode of Battle |
| 0:32.6 | already. What can you just let's just dive in. All right because I am |
| 0:38.4 | absolutely excited that the MBA is back in fact your mom, my wife Kim was unhappy with me because she didn't see me all day because I was in my back house watching games non-stop and she basically was boycotting my addiction and I just been fascinated by why some |
| 0:57.8 | players and some teams are thriving in the bubble and why others are not doing well as individuals or as teams. |
| 1:05.0 | Yeah, why do you think that is? |
| 1:07.0 | Well, the bubble is a perfect social experiment on the ability to deal with pressure. |
| 1:16.4 | Because there are some people who are thriving |
| 1:18.2 | in the bubble and others who are having. |
| 1:21.4 | We're just gonna say it right now. The Lakers aren't what they used to be. |
| 1:24.4 | They're having trouble. They're having trouble in the bubble. And in fact I was looking at it. |
| 1:28.8 | But honestly, clippers aren't as well. The clippers aren't the same. The chemistry is not the same. |
| 1:34.0 | Montres Harrell is coming back, but... No, he's back. |
| 1:38.0 | He's back. But it is an interesting, right, like what you're saying, it's interesting experiment. But I think you're saying is interesting experiment but I think you're attaching greatness |
| 1:46.5 | that's in development clippers and greatness that is underachieving with the Lakers. |
| 1:55.0 | Oh man. |
| 1:56.0 | So for all of our Lakers fans, we love both teams. |
| 1:59.0 | We do, but here's the issue. |
| 2:00.0 | I think I just saw this statistic, I think it was like, |
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