Using Love, Harmony And Kindness To Increase Productivity

Where harmony is high, productivity rises, and happiness is at record levels

In an increasingly diverse workplace, with workers from a variety of backgrounds and remote working conditions, many employers, who are seeking long-lasting ways to increase workplace productivity, are finding it in a place that’s hidden in plain sight.

During the month of February, which celebrates love, one company is advocating using the principal emotion of the season – love, harmony and kindness – to unify groups and increase productivity. Indeed, teams working together with more love and harmony increase productivity and happiness.
 

Because February is the month we celebrate love, it’s the perfect time to increase our respect and harmony in all aspects of life. I’ve seen in our business around the world that where harmony is high, productivity rises, and happiness is at record levels.

Transferring that to the workplace can be the first challenge, though.

If we start at the core and tap into the fact that we are all human, we all want to be valued, and we all have something to contribute, we are well on our way to unifying our teams by respecting each other, showing love, and boosting productivity. It’s well known that happy employees are productive. We’re finding this approach is another path to get there.

Raised in Montana, I saw love and harmony first-hand from my parents’ example and in my passion for music. 

In the ways that really count, my parents were truly extraordinary. They lived their lives serving and teaching others. Because virtue meant something to my mom and dad, threads of love, kindness, hard work, and integrity wove the strong cords of character in their lives. 

My parents’ lessons, both spoken and lived, shaped the man I have become and the person I still hope to be. My success has been, in great part, because I try to remain true to the values my parents taught me.

Putting our core character traits into action is what it means to live a life in harmony. 

I began playing in rock bands in my teen years. In music, harmony happens when notes blend so it’s pleasing to the ear. Whether someone performs in a band, a choir, or an orchestra, nothing is quite as exhilarating as achieving perfect harmony with fellow musicians. 

In life, harmony means, living a consistent and honest arrangement of your values and solidly committing to living those values day in and day out.

Noting that everyone has defining life moments when choices align with destiny and catapult a person in an unanticipated direction.

Facing larger-than-life decisions can paralyze us or they can transform us, profoundly reshaping us for the better, leaving us with fresh insights, new goals, and strengthened resolve.

But with your values defined, love, kindness, and respect for others, especially now, will foster harmony in relationships that literally enriches life and makes it more rewarding.

For more on living a life in harmony, visit amazon.com for All the Right Reasons, 12 Timeless Principles for Living a Life in Harmony, where all proceeds of book sales go to feeding millions of meals to hungry children. 

Kevin Guest is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of USANA Health Sciences, a global health and nutritional supplements company. Kevin’s most-recent project is also his most personal. In All the Right Reasons, Kevin shares entertaining anecdotes and inspiring stories collected from years of meeting fascinating people and learning valuable life lessons and summarized in 12 foundational principles by which he lives and that he believes will lead others on their own path to success.  Connect Kevin Guest