As we look down a commercial boulevard, there are many similar businesses.
Some
of which thrive and others that struggle. Business owners often
question me why it is that their competitor's services or products
are no better or less expensive than theirs but they are doing much
better? Business may not always be slow, it comes and goes, but
there are a lot of problems that cause internal struggle for the
owner. Some of these problems include troublesome customers, poor
inventory, bad credit, or conflicts with staff. Earning a living
becomes a daily struggle. What makes one business do better than
another? What can be done to improve businesses that are having
trouble?
There
are about 30 factors that influence or determine our success in
life. Of the 30, there are some that are predestined or unchangeable
such as our parents, our birth date, birthplace, our culture and
the economic and cosmic cycles at our time of birth. These factors
have a great impact on our foundation in life and we have no control
over them. Nonetheless, we can learn about ourselves through these
factors. Then, there are adjustable factors such as our education,
friends, spouse, career, personality, creativity, moral, motivation,
ambition, endurance, philosophy of life, abilities to make a living,
place of establishment and the energy or Feng Shui of our home or
office. If we were to set these factors on a scale, how do they
rank in contributing to our success in life? How can we improve
certain factors to promote us?
Feng
Shui is one of the easiest accessible means of change that can beused
to promote our well being. When our business has done all the promotion
in the right markets and the product or service is competitive,
and yet business is slow, we need to consider other factors that
may be influencing it.
Does
the business match you?
It is important for us to make sure that the field we select is
compatible with our energies. First, we need to learn about our
personal energies. Aside from our basic education and personal skills,
a birth chart called the "zi wei" is can be used to reveal ourselves.
It is a complex astrology chart based on your birthday, time and
place. The chart serves as a guideline of our life path and is only
one out of 30 factors that influence us. Nonetheless, its accuracy
is about 75-90%. It covers twelve aspects of our lives. These include
our vital/personal energies, parents, siblings, spouse, friends,
children, career, money, travel, fortune, property, and health.
In general, it covers ten year, annual and monthly cycles of our
life and lets us understand our potential, our weaknesses and strengths.
In this case, the main focus would be the career sector, which indicates
suitable fields for a particular person. In many cases, a person
who is working in a compatible field has an easier time becoming
successful than one who is not. For instance, a person who is meant
to be a restaurant owner may find it difficult to succeed as an
engineer.
Are
you doing your business at the right time in your life?
Also from our zi wei birth chart, we can tell when the strongest
periods are in our life. When do we reach our turning points in
life and really begin to live? It may be that we do not really take
off in our business until our late 40's, or maybe we have already
passed our high point in life without realizing it. New business
ventures should be opened at the right time in our lives. If we
start a business during a period in our life when the energy cycles
are low, it may be challenging and hard for it to thrive.
Are
you doing it in the right place?
It is very important to understand where the energies on this Earth
promote us best. Also from the zi wei birth chart, we can find out
what country, what state, which city or region is strongest for
us to do our business. For example, depending on who you are and
when your birth date/time is, Los Angeles may not be the best place
for you to establish your business, so no matter how strong you
promote it and how good the Feng Shui is, you may find it hard to
reach your full potential.
Does
the Feng Shui match you?
If you are in the right business, doing it at the right time and
place, the next step would be to make sure the building you are
doing it in also reinforces your energies. There are over 60 factors
involved in a Feng Shui analysis of a building. The orientation,
entries, shape, interior layout, colors, decoration, windows, furniture
placement, exterior environment and so forth all need to be examined
to see if their characteristics promote or demote the business.
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Are
the business owner and staff members located in their positive
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directions?
All the principle staff members such as the owner, office managers
and supervisors who have their own office or work station should be
placed in their positive direction. Their positive directions are
also determined by their birth date. When people are not located in
suitable directions, it is harder for them to focus and be productive.
There's greater tendency for abnormal behavior, inefficiency, laziness
or conflicts.
Are
staff members compatible to the business owner?
When staff members are incompatible with the owner, it is easy for
them to have conflicts or for the employee to bring trouble into
the office. It is important to compare the zi wei charts of partners,
office managers and other board members to make sure they are also
doing the right field of work for them, that they are in a positive
period of their life and that they are able to contribute to the
business. If they are not, adjusting the Feng Shui can help them.
Otherwise, they may inadvertently bring the business down.
Are
the various departments or functions of the office located in the
their optimum directions?
As every function creates a unique type of energy: the entry/reception,
accounting/cashier, sales/marketing, production, conference, dining
areas, restrooms and so forth all need to be placed in the locations
that match the owner's energy according to the laws of nature. This
involves detailed measurements and analysis of the office plans
with the Feng Shui compass which shows the best directions for them
to be located to allow the business to run smoothly and harmoniously.
Rather
than be frustrated and stressed by troubled business, ask yourself
these questions and take these new ideas into consideration. You
may find just the right solution to your problems. The secret to
that other business' success may be their good Feng Shui
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