Joe LaRussa spent his career in automotive. Promotions, a patent, industry recognition.

He was winning at work but walking into chaos every night.

He talks about how the industry downturn swept up his position. He was a new dad with toddler at home and no plan.

On the drive home that day, with nothing left to schedule and no meetings to run, it hit him: Every system he used at work was usable.

He built a household balance sheet, a family mission statement, spending thresholds, and a calendar. Now he's a small-city mayor, and people trusted him with that office because of how his household runs.

In our episode we covered:

→ Why work-life balance is a myth and what work-life blending looks like in practice

→ The family mission statement that ended the dinner argument

→ Running your home like a balance sheet

→ The Japan trip that came after ten flopped blending attempts

→ Why your problem at home is almost always the system

Thank you, Joe, for Talking Real Shift!

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Chapters

0:00 Teaser

0:48 From automotive leadership to Homegrown Leadership

3:08 The drive home that changed everything

6:19 Running the household like an operating machine

7:34 Building a five-month reserve, the household balance sheet

11:08 Getting aligned, the family mission statement

15:11 The vulnerable moments behind the anger

19:48 Get hold of your time first

24:58 Work-life balance is a myth, try blending

35:25 Good leaders lift other leaders up

44:23 The sledgehammer and the velvet hammer

54:45 Course-correcting a broken culture at home

59:48 The one resource you can't make more of

1:00:00 What he'd tell his 25-year-old self

1:01:48 Where to start and the closing invite

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