THE LEAFLET

December 31 2025

OUR TEN MOST READ PIECES OF 2025

A big thank you to all of you for reading all year long. Here are the posts we wrote this year that folks read the most. Enjoy the holiday and all the growth to come in the new year!

-ben and eric

• 10. Delegate aggressively so you can spend time on these questions

• 9. Praise as recognition

• 8. Good vs excellent (with help from AI)

• 7. The volley tree

• 6. You control the momentum

• 5. A requirement for progress in your organization

• 4. Praise and shame

• 3. Five birds, one crumb with a scorecard

• 2. AI tools for career coaching

• 1. Design global and local challenges for young talent

COMPELLING QUOTES

Philosopher Reinhold Niebuhr on acting now:

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate contest of history; therefore, we must be saved by faith. Nothing we ever do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we must be saved by love.

Botanist Herbert Zim on two ways of observing:

Look at trees in two different ways. First, see them as a pilot looks at a plane flying toward him or as you recognize your neighbors coming home from work. A glance is sufficient; details are unimportant … Next, learn to look at trees as a student or scientist. Notice details that identify an unusual species or tell you about the growth and life history of trees you know by name.

Writer Arundhati Roy on love of country:

What sort of love is this love we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to our dreams?

Keep going, keep growing,

Ben & Eric