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“There is no such thing as a disciplined person, and even if there were, why would you want to be one?” On day one of Consistency Week, James Shaw pulls from Shift pages 72 to 74 and 80 to say that discipline is a myth. You don’t need it. You need priorities, and the biggest one is that dealing with business never takes precedence over finding it. He shares a simple fix: block an hour on your calendar called “Deal with Business” so surprises have a home and your lead gen gets done first. If you’ve ever told yourself you just need to be more disciplined, this will change how you think about it. Aired on October 26, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

“What’s one thing you’re going to do differently?” James closes out Bet on You Week with an open mic, and agents come ready. A new team leader decides to lead generate with his door open so his agents see him doing the work. One agent unsubscribes from every shiny object in her inbox and sticks to handwritten notes, phone calls, and micro events. Others pull zip code level market numbers for their Monday seller updates, clean up their databases, and build a 100 touch plan. The best share of the day: one agent realizes she’s been pushing her daughter to focus on the grade instead of the process, takes the goal off the table, and applies the same lesson to her own business. Forget the number, focus on who you need to talk to this week Aired on October 23, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

“It’s not working more. It’s working on purpose, with purpose.” On day four of Bet on You Week, James Shaw tackles the idea that the answer to a harder market is just more hours. He pulls from Shift page 54: stop spending time and money on lead gen that isn’t working, figure out what does, and ramp it up. Your goal hasn’t changed, but the number of leads it takes to get an appointment has. He also reads MREA page 260 on counterbalancing work and the rest of your life: the problem isn’t getting out of balance, it’s how long you stay there, and redlining your career is unhealthy for you, your family, and your business. The way out is going deeper, not wider, dropping tasks like processing your own files, and knowing your top lead sources so your time goes where the closings come from. If you’ve been telling yourself you just need to work harder, this one is worth a listen. Aired on October 22, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

Right now, the market is challenging and agents are struggling with their mindset. This can happen when production doesn’t live up to expectations. And on this week’s Wednesday Webinar, James wants to help you overcome this feeling. James will cover: Where to focus over the final few weeks of the year Enter 2027 with a strong pipeline Create a business that thrives even when the market drops Watch and set yourself up for a productive season ahead.Aired on October 21, 2026 Every Wednesday, James Shaw interviews elite people who are doing elite things, on an elite level. The webinar is a space where you can draw inspiration from writers, agents, teachers, coaches and even athletes. Prepare to be inspired! JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

“Behind goal and happy. Ahead of goal and frustrated. Both are possible, and both are information.” On day three of Bet on You Week, James Shaw walks agents through an honest scorecard, without judgment, from MREA page 167: What was your unit goal? How did you do? How do you feel about it? What will build momentum in Q4? What could get in the way, and what support do you need? He also pulls from MREA page 36 (“actions are the source of all results”) and Shift page 25: judge your success over the length of your career, not the high or low of any one year. Agents share genuine takeaways, from a 46-year veteran who says nothing in real estate stays the same, to a top producer who slowed down for her health and found peace in it. If you’ve been beating yourself up over 2026, this is the reset. Aired on October 21, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

“Ease and strength come when I control the controllable and accept the rest.” On day two of Bet on You Week, James Shaw brings Valerie Burton’s lesson from Advance to Pivot, plus a four-step version of it: accept things as they are, find where you have influence, focus on what you can control (effort, consistency, preparation, attitude, boundaries, standards), then take the next action. Acceptance doesn’t mean you have to like interest rates, buyers on the sidelines, or sellers who won’t listen. It means you stop arguing with reality and put that energy somewhere useful. He pulls from Shift pages 23 and 24, and makes the case that a transition is where the opportunity is: agents who show up with real skills during a down market take market share they never give back. If the market has you feeling stuck, this call separates what you can change from what you can’t. Aired on October 20, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

“The market doesn’t determine your success. It determines your strategy.” Day one of Bet on You Week and James Shaw’s point is that the market does matter, just not the way people think. The national story, the local news, and even the way you feel about it aren’t what’s happening in your zip code, your price point, or your neighborhood. He uses a simple analogy to explain why a perfectly healthy market can feel like it’s crawling: when you’ve been doing 95 on the interstate, 75 in a 70 feels like 30. He breaks down the Shift page 9 definitions of a seller’s, shifted, and buyer’s market by months of supply, then talks through a Monday morning routine: pull your numbers, then call your active sellers, active buyers, and pipeline before you do anything else. Agents share how they stay grounded in real data, from heat maps and showing time benchmark reports to price-reduction vs. no-reduction days on market. If your gut says the market has shifted, this call helps you check it against the facts. Aired on October 19, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

“Frustration is the warning light on your dash.” James Shaw uses MREA pages 38 to 40 to explain the cycle most agents live in without realizing it: you hit a ceiling, you get frustrated, you start to blame and justify (the market, the sellers, the co-op agents), you slide into resignation, and then you go looking for greener pastures. The way out is to ask a different question: how will I break through? The answer isn’t some shiny new idea. It’s a proven model, adapted. Every agent hits a ceiling, whether yours is eight feet or eighteen. The call ends with a genuine moment: an agent who had pulled away from real estate entirely, came back to the call, and got a surprise phone call from a stranger in this community who just wanted to show her some love. If you’ve been banging your head against a wall lately, this one is for you. Aired on October 16, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

“Only 31% of agents are optimistic about the market. 58% are optimistic about their own business.” James Shaw shares the results of a survey he sent to 35,000 agents after a friend told him she’d need 50 leads going into the new year just to hit 30 deals. Nearly 500 replied. 83% said their market feels slower than it did 60 days ago, only half think they’ll hit their 2026 goal, and the number one challenge wasn’t the market, it was their own consistency. He also shares which groups are the most and least optimistic. The big takeaway: 2026 can be an informational year, and the market is just information. What matters is what your business looks like in response. Aired on October 15, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

Liz Landry has spent nearly two decades coaching people into the right leverage so they don’t have to do it all. Her new book, From Operator to Owner, is based on her experiences and I can’t wait for her to walk us through it. In this call, she shares: Why it’s so hard for agents to let go of doing everything.Her four-level “leverage ladder” framework and where agents get stuck.How to empower your team to make decisions instead of just handing them tasks.Aired on October 14, 2026 Every Wednesday, James Shaw interviews elite people who are doing elite things, on an elite level. The webinar is a space where you can draw inspiration from writers, agents, teachers, coaches and even athletes. Prepare to be inspired! JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

“Creativity is great when it’s built on top of a model. Creativity used as a shortcut around one is how you end up exhausted.” Fresh off Advance, James Shaw brings the room to everyone who couldn’t be there, and agents share their biggest ahas: putting fear in the back seat, the power of the pause, reminding leads about an appointment instead of confirming it, and judging your success over a whole career instead of one rough year. Then he pulls from MREA pages 37 and 38 to make a point that’s easy to forget when the market gets wonky: more conversations are now needed to get the same result, and the temptation is to get creative and wander away from the fundamentals. If you’re feeling burnt out or like you’re reinventing the wheel every week, this one’s for you. Aired on October 14, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

Halloween lead generation is the main event, and guest host Nik Alvarez has a very good reason for asking: it’s less than two weeks away, it’s one of her favorite holidays, and every year this call turns it into a way to reconnect with the database and show up in the farm. Skeletons playing pickleball. A Batmobile. A hayride that started by accident. The agents on this call are treating Halloween like a lead gen holiday, and it’s glorious. Costume swaps at the library, movies in the park (yes, someone dressed as Beetlejuice), trunk-or-treats with giveaway QR codes, a golf cart parade for a 15,000 home community, and scary mailers that say “real estate doesn’t have to scare you.” One agent also shares a tip for any party you walk into: ask people about themselves first, then have an elevator pitch that’s way more interesting than “I’m a realtor.” Come for the Halloween ideas. Stay for the candy math. Aired on October 13, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

Not every seller table is worth sitting at. Guest host Arthurine Johnson pulls from Shift page 107, where Gary Keller says that in a shifted market, unmotivated or unrealistic sellers can cost you time and money, and asks agents the question most of us avoid: how do you know whether a listing is worth the second appointment? Agents share the exact pre-listing questions they ask on the phone before ever driving to the kitchen table, like “If everything I say makes sense, is there any reason we wouldn’t move forward?” and “If now isn’t the right time, when would be?” One agent walked away from a seller who micromanaged everything through ChatGPT. Agents also talk about the difference between a listing appointment and a home visit when working with seniors, and why curiosity questions help sellers self-discover the right price. If you’ve ever taken a listing you knew in your gut wouldn’t sell, this one is for you. Aired on October 12, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

Money gets you started. It’s not what keeps you going. James Shaw pulls from MREA pages 75 to 77 and asks agents to dig into their “big why.” Your why doesn’t have to be huge, and it’s allowed to change. Years ago his was being able to afford a tank of gas, and today it’s something completely different. He also shares a challenge from Gary Keller: when you’re already pretty good, make doing your best and being your best the point of everything you do, and the rest follows. If you’ve ever wondered whether your why is “big enough,” this one is for you. Aired on October 9, 2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com

"Are you taking care of you?" Guest host Nikkia Dollar opens the call with a question that most agents skip right past in the grind: when work takes more effort to get the same result, what's keeping you going? Agents get honest about what self-care actually looks like when it doesn't cost a dime, from morning prayer and meditation to pickleball, painting with a daughter, music blasting in the car, barefoot grounding in the grass, and one very real "I turned my alarm off and went back to bed." Then Nikkia brings in Bessel van der Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score" and asks how mindfulness shows up in the clients you take, the ones you walk away from, and the energy you protect. One agent shares how her mindset carried her through seven medical emergencies and her plan to live to 100. Another reminds us that saying no is a complete sentence. A grounded conversation about showing up for your business without losing yourself in it. Aired on October 8,2026 The Pivot: SHIFT Ahead morning call is in an interview format, where agents across the globe share their expert input on various real estate topics. If you are stuck, we have the solution. This mastermind prepares any real estate agent to be several steps ahead of a market shift. James Shaw started this community during the pandemic. After 6 years, the Pivot: SHIFT Ahead is composed by 126.400 real estate agents. Through playbooks, masterminds and events, Shaw provides a growth and accountability space for those who need support. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOR FREE & EXCLUSIVE MASTERMINDS: facebook.com/groups/SHIFTDaily Ready to Scale Your Real Estate Business? JOIN THE INSPIRE COLLECTIVE FOR MORE www.jamesdshaw.com