Fellowship - Insights From a Motivational Speaker

I run my life through a keyboard.

Right now, I’m talking to you through it. I think with it. Work with it. Create with it. It’s the most important tool I own.

And yet—I’ve started to wonder what it’s quietly taking from me.

Earlier this week I heard this:

“We’re still amusing ourselves to death—but we’re doing it alone.”
In 1983, the MASH finale brought 106 million Americans together. In 2024, Yellowstone’s finale drew just 13 million.
The loss? Not just of viewership—but of shared stories.
Without them, we stop laughing together. Stop disagreeing over the same facts. Stop feeling like we’re part of the same story.

It hit me.

Because two days earlier, I’d returned from co-hosting a retreat with nine strangers.
No agenda. No pitches. No PowerPoint decks.

Just people.
Talking.
Telling stories.
Asking good questions.
Listening without needing to fix.

And what we got—was exactly what we didn’t know we needed.

We didn’t solve world hunger.
We didn’t set Q3 goals.
We didn’t even write things down.

We just shared stories around fires, couches, and dinner tables.

Laughed until it hurt.
Asked things like, “What’s your 15 minutes of fame?”
Let songs like That’s Freedom become something more than background music.

And in the quiet moments between conversations, we remembered what it feels like to just be human. Together.

It wasn't strategic. It was soulful.

And I can’t help but think: if this is what happens when nine people stop performing and start connecting—what else might be possible?

I love sitting at my keyboard.

But maybe I’ve been starving myself of fellowship.

Maybe we all have.

💬 What’s something you didn’t realise you were missing until you experienced it again?