If You Think Love Doesn’t Belong in Business, You’re Already Losing

When I challenge leaders to talk about LOVE in business, I can almost feel the room shift. Some get uncomfortable. Some smile politely. Some roll their eyes.

They think LOVE doesn’t belong in the boardroom.

They imagine romance, sentimentality, or “being nice” in ways that weaken performance. But that’s not what I’m talking about.

Not the Absence of Fear — The Presence of Something Greater

Many say love is the absence of fear. But according to Dr. David R. Hawkins’ Map of Consciousness, love is far more than a vacuum where fear used to be.

On Hawkins’ scale, Love vibrates at Level 500, a frequency of profound empathy, deep connection, trust, and compassion. At this level, you’re in love with life itself. You see people not as tools for output, but as whole beings. You recognise your shared entanglement with them.

Love here is not weakness. It is a generative force. It is a state of being that lifts the creativity, resilience, and performance of everyone it touches.

The Leadership Challenge

So I ask leaders:

• How much do you truly LOVE your employees?
• How do you show LOVE to them in ways they can feel?
• What do you do so that your people LOVE to come to work every morning?
• Do you lead with the Frequency of LOVE… or the Frequency of FEAR?

These aren’t “soft” questions. They are performance questions. Fear shuts people down. Love opens them up.

Why This Matters in Business

Cultures built on fear might get compliance. Cultures built on love get commitment.

When people feel loved, valued, and safe, they:

• Take smarter risks
• Collaborate without defensiveness
• Innovate more freely
• Stay longer and give more

Love is not “nice-to-have” in business. It’s a competitive advantage, one grounded in the highest form of leadership consciousness we know.

Your Turn

Imagine leading from a place where you’re in love with life and everyone in it. Where you consciously choose to operate at the frequency of trust, compassion, and growth, not fear, control, or scarcity.

What would shift in your team? Your culture? Your results?

So I leave you with this question: Is the Frequency of Love the future of leadership… or will fear continue to run the show?

— With Love, Marjana ❤️

And yes, I love my dog Gina:)