Positive reinforcement works

A TEAM from the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) visited the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) to teach students different productivity tools and concepts they could adopt to improve their overall quality of life, but left being reminded of lessons previously learnt. Positive reinforcement works! These students were learning in an environment where they saw firsthand that positive behaviours reap benefits. They were also learning the value of being a part of a team and the personal responsibility associated with playing their part to the best of their abilities to complement the whole.

The JPC charged the students of the CMU to make it their duty to teach their friends, family and anyone they may so influence a few of the positive behaviours they had now inculcated. Being productive and improving continuously in our daily lives require discipline and tenacity; sometimes these attributes are elusive to adults but are embraced by youths.

We must recognise that if we want a better functioning society, we can and must play our part to transfer the knowledge that we have proven to work, to those within our reach. The message of ‘Being Productive- Improving Me’ needs to be a personal motto for all. In other words, each of us can prosper our neighbours through the transfer of productivity doctrine and knowledge.