🎤 Quotable quotes: “It’s funny how things have to end so that something else can begin."
— Ted Lasso
As 2025 winds down, a lot of us are doing the same thing. Looking back. Taking stock. Wondering what stays, what goes, and what comes next.
And as we look toward 2026, there’s one thing we’re all quietly excited about.
Ted Lasso is coming back.
Season 4 is on the horizon, and with it, the return of one of our favorite background characters turned front-and-center storytellers: Trent Crimm, Independent.
In the first three seasons, Trent gave us The Richmond Way. A book about culture, belief, and how a team became something bigger than the standings.
Which got us thinking.
If Trent were writing a new book in Season 4, what would he call it?
🏟 Why This Matters for You
The Richmond Way captured a moment. A transformation. A group of people learning how to trust, care, and grow together.
But growth never really stops. It just evolves.
So here are a few speculative titles Trent might be workshopping, and what they say about leadership and life.
The Next Chapter
Because eventually, every team, every leader, and every human has to move beyond the origin story. The real work is what happens after success.
Beyond Belief
Belief gets you started. Discipline, habits, and accountability keep you going. Inspiration fades. Character endures.
What Remains
When leaders step away, seasons change, and circumstances shift, what actually lasts? Culture only matters if it survives its creators.
The Richmond People
Systems matter. Tactics matter. But people are always the point. Leadership becomes real when individuals are seen, trusted, and developed.
Still in the Game
Winning once is nice. Staying curious, humble, and committed over time is harder. And more meaningful.
If Season 4 teaches us anything, it will not be about repeating what worked. It will be about adapting, maturing, and learning how to lead when the story changes.
Which is exactly where many of us find ourselves right now.
A year ending.
A new one beginning.
And a blank page waiting.
🫶 Stay curious,
— Nick & Marnie
Your tea sipping, page turning, always believing friends
More leadership musings
🍪 Biscuits with the Boss:
Icebreaker time:
If Trent Crimm were writing a book about your last year, what would the title be?
Now the harder one:
What do you hope the title of your next chapter will be?
📚Beard’s collection:
📖 Bridges, William and Bridges, Susan. Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes. Balance, 2019.
A thoughtful guide for those in between moments when one chapter is ending and another has not fully begun. Bridges helps you see endings not as losses, but as necessary pauses that prepare you for what comes next.
🌎 This week in Here - There - Every F’ing where
As we reflect on 2025, we have been lucky to Lead it Like Lasso here, there and everywhere - both physically and virtually! And our calendar is filling up for 2026 (we just booked a November keynote in Kansas City itself ;) ). If your bookclub, team or organization wants to Lead it Like Lasso, let us know.
Believe!
Nick & Marnie
P.S. Happy New Year!
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