Productivity increases when you acknowledge people for their work and give them due credit. A work environment that has a compassionate work culture is known to yield great results.
6. You go to sleep happier.
Yale university psychologists led by researcher Emily Ansell sent daily cell-phone check-ins to a group of 77 adults ranging in age from 18 to 44. For two weeks, participants stated each night how many stressful events they experience and how many kind acts they performed, and whether their overall mood felt positive or negative. When the participants reported, positive acts like holding a door open or helping someone cross the road, their stress levels came down and they went to bed happy and slept better.