The power of community<\/em><\/h1>\nInspiration shot November 2025<\/h3>\n<\/div>![](\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/header.png\" "\\"header\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\u00a0\u201c<\/i>Communication is merely an exchange of information,
\n<\/i>but connection is an exchange of our humanity\u201d
\n<\/i>Sean Stephenson<\/h2>\n
You can have and do everything your heart desires, but in the end, it all comes down to connection. The feeling of belonging, of sharing, laughing, and growing together.<\/p>\n
This past month, I spent time with my tribes, the Dynamite Circle and a few people from ISTA. With old friends who feel like family, new people who immediately felt familiar. Sometimes you realize the true value of community in the most unexpected places, like a stuck elevator.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>1.5 hours stuck in an elevator, without air conditioning \ud83e\udd75<\/h2>\n<\/div>What happens when thirteen entrepreneurs get stuck in an elevator?<\/p>\n
It happened during the Dynamite Circle <\/a>conference in Bangkok, in the 5-star Conrad hotel. The temperature kept rising, panic set in, and condensation started dripping down the doors. The hotel kept saying a technician would arrive \u201cin ten minutes,\u201d but it ended up taking nearly an hour and a half!<\/p>\nAnd yet, we joked. We meditated. We practiced our ‘elevator pitches’ (pun intended<\/em>). We comforted those who panicked. We laughed. We distracted each other and stayed calm. I even created a reel of the experience…<\/a><\/p>\nMoments like these show what community really means. When things heat up, you keep your cool together. That is your tribe. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Is friendship the shape-shifter of relationships?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\u201cFriendship has always been flexible, but never has it needed to adapt so much, or so fast.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nWe have rituals for family connections, engagements, weddings, even divorces, yet friendship rarely has an official title, a clear beginning, or an end. Still, it might just be the most important relationship of our time.<\/p>\n
A recent Harvard Kennedy School article, \u201cThe Friendship Recession: The Lost Art of Connecting<\/a>,\u201d explores how friendship has had to adapt to modern life. We move more, work remotely, meet online, and see our friends less than ever before. Friendship stretches, reshapes, and reinvents itself, much like a shape-shifter, to fit our changing lives.<\/p>\nWhat does friendship mean to you? What role does it play in your life? And how do you shape it?<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>How my network has helped care
\nfor my dad in Miami for 10 years<\/h2>\n<\/div>For ten years (!) now, I have found loving caregivers for my father, who has Alzheimer\u2019s, through my network. Of course it helps that he lives in Miami, but what really makes it work is the win-win-win<\/em> approach. Everyone benefits. My dad gets personal care and companionship, we as children have peace of mind, and the caregiver becomes part of our family for three months, experiencing a unique and heartwarming time in Miami.<\/p>\nStarting May 1st, we are looking for someone new again.\u00a0Do you have experience in care giving, either professionally or in your personal life, and would you love to spend a few months in the sun doing something meaningful? Send me a message<\/a>.<\/p>\nCommunity in action, just as it is meant to be. \ud83d\udc9b<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div>\u00a0\u201c<\/i>Communication is merely an exchange of information,
\n<\/i>but connection is an exchange of our humanity\u201d
\n<\/i>Sean Stephenson<\/h2>\n
You can have and do everything your heart desires, but in the end, it all comes down to connection. The feeling of belonging, of sharing, laughing, and growing together.<\/p>\n
This past month, I spent time with my tribes, the Dynamite Circle and a few people from ISTA. With old friends who feel like family, new people who immediately felt familiar. Sometimes you realize the true value of community in the most unexpected places, like a stuck elevator.<\/p>\n<\/div>
1.5 hours stuck in an elevator, without air conditioning \ud83e\udd75<\/h2>\n<\/div>What happens when thirteen entrepreneurs get stuck in an elevator?<\/p>\n
It happened during the Dynamite Circle <\/a>conference in Bangkok, in the 5-star Conrad hotel. The temperature kept rising, panic set in, and condensation started dripping down the doors. The hotel kept saying a technician would arrive \u201cin ten minutes,\u201d but it ended up taking nearly an hour and a half!<\/p>\nAnd yet, we joked. We meditated. We practiced our ‘elevator pitches’ (pun intended<\/em>). We comforted those who panicked. We laughed. We distracted each other and stayed calm. I even created a reel of the experience…<\/a><\/p>\nMoments like these show what community really means. When things heat up, you keep your cool together. That is your tribe. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Is friendship the shape-shifter of relationships?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\u201cFriendship has always been flexible, but never has it needed to adapt so much, or so fast.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nWe have rituals for family connections, engagements, weddings, even divorces, yet friendship rarely has an official title, a clear beginning, or an end. Still, it might just be the most important relationship of our time.<\/p>\n
A recent Harvard Kennedy School article, \u201cThe Friendship Recession: The Lost Art of Connecting<\/a>,\u201d explores how friendship has had to adapt to modern life. We move more, work remotely, meet online, and see our friends less than ever before. Friendship stretches, reshapes, and reinvents itself, much like a shape-shifter, to fit our changing lives.<\/p>\nWhat does friendship mean to you? What role does it play in your life? And how do you shape it?<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>How my network has helped care
\nfor my dad in Miami for 10 years<\/h2>\n<\/div>For ten years (!) now, I have found loving caregivers for my father, who has Alzheimer\u2019s, through my network. Of course it helps that he lives in Miami, but what really makes it work is the win-win-win<\/em> approach. Everyone benefits. My dad gets personal care and companionship, we as children have peace of mind, and the caregiver becomes part of our family for three months, experiencing a unique and heartwarming time in Miami.<\/p>\nStarting May 1st, we are looking for someone new again.\u00a0Do you have experience in care giving, either professionally or in your personal life, and would you love to spend a few months in the sun doing something meaningful? Send me a message<\/a>.<\/p>\nCommunity in action, just as it is meant to be. \ud83d\udc9b<\/p>\n<\/div>
What happens when thirteen entrepreneurs get stuck in an elevator?<\/p>\n
It happened during the Dynamite Circle <\/a>conference in Bangkok, in the 5-star Conrad hotel. The temperature kept rising, panic set in, and condensation started dripping down the doors. The hotel kept saying a technician would arrive \u201cin ten minutes,\u201d but it ended up taking nearly an hour and a half!<\/p>\n And yet, we joked. We meditated. We practiced our ‘elevator pitches’ (pun intended<\/em>). We comforted those who panicked. We laughed. We distracted each other and stayed calm. I even created a reel of the experience…<\/a><\/p>\n Moments like these show what community really means. When things heat up, you keep your cool together. That is your tribe. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/div> \u201cFriendship has always been flexible, but never has it needed to adapt so much, or so fast.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n We have rituals for family connections, engagements, weddings, even divorces, yet friendship rarely has an official title, a clear beginning, or an end. Still, it might just be the most important relationship of our time.<\/p>\n A recent Harvard Kennedy School article, \u201cThe Friendship Recession: The Lost Art of Connecting<\/a>,\u201d explores how friendship has had to adapt to modern life. We move more, work remotely, meet online, and see our friends less than ever before. Friendship stretches, reshapes, and reinvents itself, much like a shape-shifter, to fit our changing lives.<\/p>\n What does friendship mean to you? What role does it play in your life? And how do you shape it?<\/p>\n<\/div> For ten years (!) now, I have found loving caregivers for my father, who has Alzheimer\u2019s, through my network. Of course it helps that he lives in Miami, but what really makes it work is the win-win-win<\/em> approach. Everyone benefits. My dad gets personal care and companionship, we as children have peace of mind, and the caregiver becomes part of our family for three months, experiencing a unique and heartwarming time in Miami.<\/p>\n Starting May 1st, we are looking for someone new again.\u00a0Do you have experience in care giving, either professionally or in your personal life, and would you love to spend a few months in the sun doing something meaningful? Send me a message<\/a>.<\/p>\n Community in action, just as it is meant to be. \ud83d\udc9b<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Is friendship the shape-shifter of relationships?<\/h2>\n<\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>How my network has helped care
\nfor my dad in Miami for 10 years<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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