𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁.

Today’s quote from the Dalai Lama speaks directly to something I believe is becoming more important in the age of AI, not less:

“𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.”

For a long time, in certain cultures, compassion was seen—especially in business—as something soft. Or even weak.
Something to leave at the door of your job, your ambition, your performance.

But this quote reframes compassion as what it really is:
 🧭 A human strength.
 🧩 A trust-builder.
 💞 The foundation of real connection.

In a world moving rapidly toward efficiency, automation, and now usage of AI, it’s easy to start thinking that transaction is enough. That if the result is delivered, the connection doesn’t matter.

But humans don’t build trust through transactions alone.
We build trust by sensing and feeling the other person’s doubts, fears, pain and by having the courage to share our own.

That’s what AI can’t do.
It can mimic tone. It can optimize a conversation.
But it cannot feel compassion.
And it cannot receive compassion in return.

So when people say, “Compassion doesn’t belong in business,”
what they often mean is:
“Feelings don’t belong in deals.”
But here’s the thing:
People do business.
People build teams.
People lead.
People follow.
And people need to trust.

Without compassion, that trust stays transactional—thin and fragile.
With compassion, it becomes relational—resilient and real.

Especially in a time of polarization, instant gratification, and AI-driven speed—where AI is often used only as a shortcut to save time without deepening understanding, perspective, or intention—compassion slows us down just enough to see the fellow human in front of us.

And that’s not just good for business—it’s good for being human.

Curious to hear your take:
Where have you seen compassion build real trust—in life or work?
Or… where have you felt the lack of it, and how did it impact the connection?

And a small challenge:
👉 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀—𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳… 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼.

That simple act makes you human—being and feeling in a way AI will never be able to simulate.