Awe changes us. The changes are beneficial for our inner wellbeing as well as for our relationships, sense of possibility, feelings of satisfaction, and happiness. We can experience awe anywhere we are. The more we practice, the more equipped we will be to lead compassionately.

The relationship between compassion and perceived time pressure has been known for a long time. From the well-known study, “From Jerusalem to Jericho” nearly fifty years ago, to our research with participants in our training cohorts, the feeling that there is not enough time impairs one’s ability to act compassionately. Ironically, the solution doesn’t come from working faster, but in slowing down.