Comfort Is Killing Your Business. AI Is Just the Messenger
Most businesses aren’t failing because the market is hard. They’re failing because they’re comfortable. Comfort is the real killer. AI is just the messenger delivering the news.
The Hardest Business Skill I Learned From My Kid
I thought I was doing my daughter a favour every time I stepped in and finished the job for her. Turns out I was teaching her the worst possible lesson. And I was doing the same thing to my team.
It’s Never About the Pants: What My 3-Year-Old Taught Me About Solving the Right Problem
My daughter Kate is three, almost four, and she has taught me more about leadership than any business book. When she refuses to put on her school pants, it’s never really about the pants. And when your team says a project can’t be done, it’s rarely about the project. This post is about learning to ask the right questions and find the real problem beneath the surface.
The Sturdy Leader: A Parent’s Guide to Earning Team Buy-In
Parenting is leadership. Discover how the “Sturdy Leader” approach inspired by Dr. Becky Kennedy and Simon Sinek replaces “because I said so” with clear vision and collaborative “why” to build a motivated, high-trust team.
Practice Makes Progress: Why Perfection Kills Momentum
Perfectionism is just fear in disguise. Joseph Choi shares how potty training his toddler taught him that practice makes progress, not perfection, is the key to business growth and efficiency
Kids Don’t Listen, They Watch: Why Real Leadership Is About Example
Real leadership is about the example you set, not the orders you give. Joseph Choi shares how parenting his toddler taught him to lead by example at JC Labs to improve overall
The Bedtime Story Framework: How Telling Stories to Your Kids Can Make You a Better Leader
Discover how the nightly ritual of telling bedtime stories to your kids can sharpen your most critical business leadership skill: the ability to craft and communicate a compelling vision that inspires your team.
The Toddler Test: How to Simplify Your Business Communication
Discover how a simple parenting lesson transformed my approach to business communication. Learn the “Toddler Test” – a powerful strategy for cutting through jargon and making your ideas impossible to ignore.
Leadership and Parenthood: Why Your Business Plan Needs Resilience
I have spent a significant portion of my career obsessed with efficiency. I have studied the mechanics of management, dissected the nuances of decision-making, and built frameworks designed to squeeze every ounce of productivity out of a twenty-four-hour cycle. But a recent trip to Australia taught me that preparation is only half the battle. For four […]
When Stepping Back Is the Real Work of Leadership
I’ve spent a lot of my career thinking about efficiency. As a father and someone who runs a business, I’ve tried to be intentional about how time, energy, and decisions get made. For a long time, I believed strong leadership meant staying close to everything, anticipating problems, guiding conversations, and stepping in before things went […]