The new year hype is gone — and for a lot of people, what’s left is mental overload.

In this episode of The MindShare Podcast, David Greenspan tackles a problem many high performers are facing right now: knowing what needs to be done, but struggling to focus, organize thoughts, and move forward.

This isn’t a motivation episode and it’s not about hustle or shiny tools. Instead, David breaks down why overthinking, mental congestion, and unprocessed decisions drain energy — and how journaling, done the right way, can become a powerful outlet for clarity, focus, and productivity.

You’ll learn:

• Why “being busy” often masks mental overload
• How unresolved thoughts quietly drain energy and performance
• What journaling actually is (and what it isn’t) for driven professionals
• How writing things down creates clarity and momentum
• When and how to use journaling as a practical tool — not a daily chore

00:00 – Intro
Why focus disappears after the new year hype fades

03:45 – When Thinking Becomes the Problem
Mental overload vs. motivation

12:10 – What Journaling Actually Is (and Isn’t)
Thinking on paper for clarity and productivity

21:00 – Why Writing Things Down Creates Energy
How clarity removes mental weight

28:40 – Sponsor Break
KiTS Keep-in-Touch Systems & REM Real Estate Magazine

30:30 – How to Journal in a Way That Actually Works
When to write, what to write, and why timing matters

43:10 – Why Most People Avoid This
Ego, avoidance, and the fear of responsibility

🤝 EPISODE SPONSORED BY

KiTS Keep-in-Touch Systems
The award-winning keep-in-touch program built to help REALTORS® stay consistently connected, generate repeat and referral business, and build MindShare in any market.

REM Real Estate Magazine
Canada’s premier real estate publication delivering thoughtful news, analysis, and commentary for real estate professionals and industry stakeholders.

👉 Share this episode with someone who feels overwhelmed right now but hasn’t been able to put their finger on why.

The new year hype is gone — and what’s left is the truth.

In this episode of The MindShare Podcast, David Greenspan doesn’t offer tactics, frameworks, or motivation. Instead, he puts listeners in front of a mirror with seven uncomfortable questions that expose where agents, brokerages, and the industry itself are drifting.

Recorded ahead of moderating a private dinner for high-level leaders, this episode explores what really determines who survives the next decade in real estate — and who becomes replaceable by technology, portals, or apathy.

David unpacks:

• Who the real “enemy” of the industry will be in 10 years
• How lowered standards quietly erode public trust
• The behaviours that poison the well for everyone
• What high performers do differently when nobody’s watching
• The emotional weight people keep carrying instead of confronting
• Why distractions often protect us from harder decisions
• How to define a successful day before looking at the numbers

00:00 – Intro
Why this episode isn’t hype, tactics, or answers

03:10 – Who Does the Industry Hate in 10 Years?
Technology, attention, and being easy to replace

10:45 – What Standard Cheapens the Profession?
How erosion happens quietly — and why silence is costly

17:30 – What Behaviour Lowers the Bar for Everyone?
Why consumer trust is shared, not individual

25:40 – Sponsor Break
KiTS Keep-in-Touch Systems & REM Real Estate Magazine

28:00 – What Do You Respect in High Performers?
The traits that last when flash fades

35:10 – If 20% Disappeared Tomorrow…
Emotional weight, misalignment, and hard decisions avoided

43:30 – What Distraction Protects You?
How convenience becomes the enemy of progress

50:10 – How Do You Know It Was a Good Day?
Building an internal scoreboard that keeps you grounded

56:30 – Final Action Sequence & Close

🎯 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The real threat isn’t tech — it’s being easy to replace
• Standards erode when nobody wants to create tension
• Consumer trust is shared, not individual
• Excellence is quiet, boring, and consistent
• Emotional weight drains energy faster than workload
• Distractions often protect us from harder decisions
• A strong internal scoreboard stabilizes performance

🤝 EPISODE SPONSORS

KiTS Keep-in-Touch Systems
The award-winning keep-in-touch program designed to help REALTORS® build consistent MindShare, generate repeat and referral business, and stay relevant in a changing market.

REM Real Estate Magazine
Canada’s premier real estate publication delivering in-depth news, analysis, and commentary for real estate professionals and industry stakeholders.

👉 Share this episode with someone who feels the shift happening in this industry — but hasn’t put words to it yet.

The brokerage landscape is changing — and many leaders haven’t caught up.

In this episode of The MindShare Podcast, David Greenspan calls out a growing leadership gap in real estate brokerages and explains why agents are paying the price for it.

This conversation goes beyond brands, splits, and surface-level culture. David breaks down why training is still being treated as an expense instead of infrastructure, why “optional” training fails in real life, and why leadership — not logos — is the real reason agents are moving.

You’ll hear:

• Why the traditional brokerage model is quietly breaking
• How underinvestment in training leads to churn, stagnation, and frustration
• The difference between offering opportunity and building structure
• What real leadership must look like in 2026 and beyond
• What agents should be demanding from their brokerages — and what owners must fix to stay relevant

This episode is supported by KiTS Keep-in-Touch Systems, the award-winning platform built to drive repeat and referral business through consistency, and REM Real Estate Magazine, Canada’s premier source for real estate news, analysis, and commentary.

If you’re an agent, broker, or owner navigating the next phase of this industry, this episode is required listening.

00:00 – Introduction
Why leadership — not branding — is the real issue

01:20 – The Brokerage Model Is Quietly Breaking
Why agent movement signals deeper problems

07:10 – Training Is Still Being Treated Like an Expense
Why this mindset is costing brokerages dearly

12:45 – Why “Optional” Training Fails
How optional standards create optional results

20:01 – Sponsor Break
KiTS Keep-in-Touch Systems & REM Real Estate Magazine

21:00 – What Real Leadership Looks Like Now
Systems, expectations, and execution over optics

28:30 – What Agents Should Be Paying Attention To
How to evaluate real support vs posturing

34:40 – Where the Industry Is Headed
Why leadership-driven brokerages will win

38:30 – Final Action Sequence & Close

🎯 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Agents don’t follow brands — they follow leadership
• Training is infrastructure, not a perk
• Optional training leads to optional standards
• Culture without systems doesn’t scale
• Brokerages that invest in execution will win the next cycle
• Agents should expect structure, not slogans

🤝 EPISODE SPONSORS

KiTS Keep-in-Touch Systems
The award-winning keep-in-touch platform helping REALTORS® generate more repeat and referral business through consistent, strategic communication.

REM Real Estate Magazine
Canada’s leading real estate publication delivering in-depth news, analysis, and commentary for real estate professionals and industry stakeholders.

👉 Share this episode with a broker or agent who needs to hear what real leadership actually looks like right now.

Quitter’s Day is when most people quietly fall off their goals — not with a big decision, but by drifting.

In this episode of The MindShare Podcast, David Greenspan delivers a no-fluff reality check on why momentum dies in January and how the choices you make right now determine whether spring feels exciting… or desperate.

This isn’t a motivational episode. It’s a strategic one.

David breaks down:

• What Quitter’s Day actually represents
• Why emotional thinking kills momentum
• The difference between strategic results and emotional results
• How small compromises quietly derail big goals
• Why pipeline pressure in April is created in January
• What to track daily if you want real momentum

If you’re a REALTOR®, entrepreneur, or business owner who wants to stay disciplined when most people drift, this episode will force an honest look at what you’re doing — and what you’re avoiding.

🎧 Listen now and lock back in.

00:00 – Intro
Why Quitter’s Day matters more than people think

01:20 – What Quitter’s Day Really Is
Why most people don’t “quit” — they drift

06:10 – Strategic Results vs Emotional Results
Why feelings don’t build pipelines

12:45 – The Gym Story
How lowering standards starts without you noticing

19:30 – What’s Actually Driving You Right Now?
Why most people don’t have a scoreboard

30:05 – This Is Where the Year Is Won
Why leaning in now makes spring easier — or harder

35:50 – Final Action Sequence
The 5 rules to avoid drifting in 2026

39:30 – Closing
The fork in the road on Quitter’s Day

🤝 EPISODE SPONSORS

KiTS Keep-in-Touch Systems
The award-winning keep-in-touch platform designed to help REALTORS® generate more repeat and referral business through consistent, strategic communication.

REM Real Estate Magazine
Canada’s leading real estate publication delivering in-depth news, analysis, and commentary for real estate professionals and industry stakeholders.

👉 Share this episode with someone who’s already starting to drift — even if they won’t admit it yet.

January hits harder than most people expect.

In the Season 8 premiere of The MindShare Podcast, David Greenspan breaks down why the pressure of “starting over” in a new year drains even experienced REALTORS®, mortgage professionals, and business owners — and how to restart without burning yourself out.

Sparked by a real coaching conversation with a 26-year veteran who just doubled her production in 2025, this episode tackles the mental weight that comes with a reset year, the fear of falling behind, and the mistake most people make by measuring results before their actions have had time to compound.

David explains why January isn’t hard because of laziness — it’s hard because of fatigue — and why progress over results is the only mindset that actually builds momentum.

If your pipeline feels light, your energy feels off, or you’re already questioning whether you’re on track in 2026, this episode will help you refocus on daily actions, systems, and discipline — without hype, guilt, or burnout.

This isn’t about motivation.
It’s about execution — one day at a time.

00:00 – Welcome to Season 8
Why January pressure hits so fast

03:40 – The weight of “starting over”
Why even great years feel heavy in January

10:05 – Quitter’s Day explained
Why 80% of people fall off by mid-January

16:20 – One day at a time isn’t soft — it’s strategic
Why daily actions beat annual pressure

23:10 – Progress over results
Why pipeline anxiety disappears when actions are tracked

30:45 – Systems vs motivation
How drift actually happens

38:20 – How to reset without burning out
A simple, repeatable execution framework

45:10 – Final action sequence
Exactly what to focus on for the next 30 days

🎯 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• January burnout is caused by pressure, not laziness
• Results are a lagging indicator — actions come first
• Pipeline is built through boring, repeatable discipline
• Systems prevent drift when motivation fades
• One focused day repeated beats big yearly intentions

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2025 didn’t just challenge businesses — it drained people.

In the final episode of the year, David Greenspan delivers a raw, grounded year-end reset for REALTORS®, entrepreneurs, and professionals who feel exhausted, disillusioned, and frustrated by the state of business, society, and standards.

Building on the momentum of Episode 365, this conversation shifts inward — examining the internal cost of staying in the game through economic pressure, digital overload, eroding trust, declining professionalism, and a growing disconnect between effort and progress.

This episode unpacks:

• Why Canada’s economy stalled instead of crashing — and why that grind is more dangerous
• How social media and dopamine addiction are impacting mindset, behavior, and follow-through
• The collapse of trust, standards, and accountability — and what it’s doing to relationships and business
• Why happiness feels further away for both youth and adults, backed by real data
• How to conduct a meaningful year-end reflection that actually changes outcomes
• What to remove, reset, and recommit to heading into 2026

This isn’t about hype, resolutions, or pretending everything is fine.

It’s about clarity, alignment, and deciding what’s worth carrying forward — and what isn’t.

If 2025 took more from you than you expected, this episode will help you reset with intention and direction.

Main Topics Covered

• The real cost of a stalled economy
• Burnout vs. disengagement
• Social media, dopamine, and declining focus
• Erosion of trust and professionalism
• Youth happiness, affordability, and delayed milestones
• The importance of standards, values, and alignment
• Year-end reflection: wins, misses, lessons
• Building MindShare going into 2026

Resources & References Mentioned

• Bank of Canada – GDP growth projections
• Statistics Canada – screen time, housing affordability, youth renting data
• World Happiness Report (via C.D. Howe Institute)
• Edelman Trust Barometer

If this episode resonated, please share it with someone who needs a reset heading into 2026 so we can all help raise the standard of conversation in this industry, and please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Canada is changing fast — and not in ways most people are prepared to talk about.

In this raw, unfiltered episode of The MindShare Podcast, David Greenspan delivers his bold predictions for 2026, confronting the political, economic, technological, and cultural forces reshaping Canada and North America — and what they mean for REALTORS®, mortgage professionals, business owners, parents, and everyday Canadians.

This episode dives deep into:

• Canada’s affordability collapse and housing shortfall
• Record immigration levels and the strain on infrastructure, housing, and trust
• Why inflation hasn’t cooled — and why this is the new normal
• Rising crime, eroding safety, and declining public confidence
• How AI and smartphones are destroying critical thinking
• Why social media is mentally bankrupting society
• The real estate market’s prolonged “psychological recession”
• Worsening customer service, ghosting culture, and declining accountability
• Why food systems, technology, and consumer behavior are about to change dramatically

This is not a political rant.
It’s a reality check — with facts, data, and hard truths.

David also lays out a clear comeback path, focusing on discipline, relationships, local MindShare, independent thinking, and consistency in a world that feels increasingly chaotic.

If you feel like:

• Home no longer feels like home
• The system isn’t working for regular people
• The middle class is being squeezed from every direction
• Trust is eroding across institutions and industries

…this episode will put words to what you’ve been feeling — and give you direction when everything else feels unstable.

🎧 This is one of the most important episodes of the year.

Ontario real estate is experiencing one of the biggest shake-ups in its history — and the ripple effects are impacting REALTORS® everywhere.

In this no-nonsense episode of The MindShare Podcast, David Greenspan breaks down the FACTS behind the chaos hitting the industry right now:

• The Ontario government taking control of RECO
• OREA’s CEO placed on leave days before Power House
• CREA transforming Realtor.ca into a for-profit taxable subsidiary
• TRREB dues, CREA dues, OREA dues, and the mandatory ORWP all landing at once
• TRREB’s complete replacement of the PropTx board
• REALTORS® fighting online — and how the public is interpreting it

This episode cuts through the rumours, the emotion, and the social-media noise to give REALTORS® a clear understanding of:

• What’s actually happening
• How consumers perceive this instability
• How tech and infighting are damaging REALTOR® credibility
• What YOU must do right now to stay trusted and rise above the chaos
• How to protect your business when the system around you looks unstable

If you’re a REALTOR® who wants clarity, confidence, and a strategy during one of the most chaotic moments in organized real estate — this is the MUST-LISTEN episode of the year.

Build MindShare. Protect your credibility. Lead through instability.

In this special episode of The MindShare Podcast, David Greenspan shares the story he’s never told publicly — the real origin of KiTS, the fire that fueled it, and the competitive moment that changed everything.

With the recent news that Morris Marketing has officially shut down their newsletter service, this episode couldn’t be more timely.
David reveals how KiTS started from nothing, how a competitor once called pretending to be a potential client, and how that moment lit a fire that still burns today.

You’ll learn:

• How KiTS became a leader in real estate marketing
• Why newsletters are STILL one of the most reliable tools for building MindShare
• How tangible marketing triggers neuroscience and long-term client loyalty
• How MindShare101 grew from agents needing more than marketing
• Why consistency, identity, and influence outperform trends every time

This episode is both a powerful story and a strategic reminder:
Real estate success belongs to those who outlast.

If you’re a KiTS user, you’ll feel even more confident you chose the right partner.
If you’re not using KiTS yet — especially if Morris Marketing was your provider — this episode makes it clear why now is the time to reach out.

Key Topics Covered:

• The early days of KiTS — and the competitor call that lit the fire
• What makes newsletters the most enduring marketing channel
• Why consistency creates long-term MindShare
• How KiTS evolved into MindShare101
• A direct message to current clients — and a call to action for new ones

Action Steps From This Episode:

1. Identify a moment that lit your fire — and recommit to it.
2. Start (or double down on) consistent newsletter marketing.
3. Choose one area of your life to build intentional MindShare.
4. Reach out to KiTS if your previous system shut down or your marketing has stalled.

If Morris Marketing was your provider — or if your marketing has gone quiet — now is the time to explore KiTS. Visit MindShare101.com/KiTS to get started.

Most people chase success through big bursts of effort, viral moments, or “when motivation hits.”
But the people who win — the ones who influence, inspire, lead, and earn loyalty — do it through consistency.

In this solo episode of The MindShare Podcast, David Greenspan reveals The Consistency Code, a simple and powerful framework for building long-term MindShare through reliability, reputation, and repeated identity in business, leadership, parenting, coaching, and everyday life.

You’ll learn how to define what people can count on you for, establish the identity you want to be remembered by, and build a repeatable rhythm that aligns with your strengths and message — without burning out or constantly reinventing yourself.

If you’re tired of starting strong and fading, or if you want people to not just notice you but remember you, this episode is the reset you need.

Topics Covered:

• Why consistency is stronger than intensity
• How patterns build trust, identity, and reputation
• What consistency looks like in business, leadership, parenting, and coaching
• The 3-Part Consistency Code: Message → Medium → Rhythm
• How consistency becomes legacy

Action Steps From This Episode:
1️⃣ Write down what people should be able to consistently count on you for
2️⃣ Decide how you want to be permanently remembered
3️⃣ Choose your message, medium, and rhythm — then commit