Feng Shui CrazyMaking My World A Better One

Executive Chef Jobs are not an easy job to find around here - unlike in Asia where we have a hospitality school - just meant to train people who wants to be chefs or front desk managers - and we have jobs already lined up for them even before they graduate.  So when a friend from here asked if there was some feng shui he can use to find a better job - that set me thinking too.

Feng shui can be used to enhance your search effort but do not think that by moving some furniture or clearing some clutter and not physically looking for jobs can help you find a job.  So besides using feng shui you have to do stuff like sending out resumes and job hunting seriously.

Finding the right job is as important as finding a job that pays well.  If you get a job that you don’t like - but pays a lot - that means you will be looking for another job soon.  So to find the right job - you can try a very simple thing - using images/pictures of people who are successful in their career or people who inspires you in the north area of your Bagua.  The north area is said to be connected to the flow energy of your career life also known as Path in Life.

So my dear friend who owns a store wants to organize her office so that it will bring her more business - and asked for some suggestions.  I went to her shop and office to look around today and realised that she needs more than feng shui - because there were so many paper work lying around the office and store.  But it’s the same at our store and it seems like the men doesn’t like organizing the paperwork - so I recommended document imaging to my long time friend to see if it would work better for her shop and spouse.

With document imaging, her spouse don’t have to worry if he can find an invoice or a fax from a customer or supplier because everything will be in the computer.  By doing that, the mess will be eliminated and that itself is already good feng shui - tidying up the mess and giving the office and shop a new life.  But of course, if she decides on another alternative - she can use that too.  But mostly I think it’s the paperwork of all the things that is going on the store that is causing some stagnant air around her business.  So yes!  if you are like my girlfriend - I strongly recommend a way to keep all these paperwork in order first and then the rest will fall into place.

When we first started the business - the spouse’s, no one wanted to give us a line of credit - not even a small loan.  And if you have a small business and just starting out - you know will know that not many supplier/s would give you a credit line too - but can you blame them - after all, you may be a fly by night company.  So when a friend told me about money problems with his estore - I can fully understand it - because cash flow is slow in the beginning.   But unlike us - we didn’t have the option of a car title loans Oregon like my friend did, lucky for him he got a loan against his car title without a credit check - to help him tide over his situation.

So he wrote and asked me how feng shui can help him with his money flow problems.  In which I told him about the remedies that I’ve found worked for us in the past - but also commended on his right decision to use the car title loans instead of getting a high interest loan.  That is why I told the spouse that we must buy a house and car and assets that we can use as collateral in the future instead of begging for money from the bank.  The bank wasn’t as kind to us then - but now that we owned a house - they called us for a follow up on a building we were looking to buy - now had we not owned a house already - and had no collateral - they wouldn’t have been so earnest to help us out.   So my friend was definitely a lot luckier than us - we had to pay so much interest and we are never going back to that again.

So a friend who sells insurance asked me the other day - about getting more business for his insurance job - since in this economy it is very hard to make a sale.  Even the more established insurance agent and company are having a hard time trying to get new customers and retain the old ones.  But that reminds me of someone that I’ve gotten to know - a long time ago - and he sells insurance as well - but he was doing so well - he was driving a BMW 7 Series.  But then if you had a BMW 7 series - you must be doing considerably well - so how does he do it - while other insurance agent are struggling - I asked myself - and can feng shui help?

Well, lets look at all his toys - from the newest cellphone to the newest car and to what he is wearing - all of him shouts success.   I thought about my own insurance agent - who had a blackberry and several  RIM BlackBerry accessories - and he too looked like he is very successful and his blackberry is constantly ringing and even when we had lunch the other day - he was using his blackberry to text his office. So if you are like my friend - I suggest - you have some blink on your blackberry - since you cannot hang golden coins or fortune coins.   Crystals are best to entice more business phone calls - so if you are a lady agent - you are in luck - but if you are a guy - some hidden blink on your blackberry accessory is the way to go.  Good luck - hope this works for you.

So I read on Forbes the other day that even big advertising company like StrawberryFrog from New York had their offices in New York renovated but not without thinking about Feng Shui.  I was pretty pleased about it - because if I were to move to a new store for my business - I too would think of the feng shui for the store to bring in wealth and health - wealth from the customers and health for us the owners as well as employees.  But more so harmony amongst workers and also employers and employees. Like mentioned on the Forbes website - the principle of Feng Shui is all about harmonizing the environment around you - so that the positive energy can work for you and yours to benefit you and not against you.

While friends’ children are preparing for the mid year exams - another buddy of mine who is taking an online business degree is also preparing to take his too - so they had called last week to ask about feng shui and preparing for exams and what they can do to make studying more successful.

While some people go to the library for the preparation - i prefer to study at home - therefore, the study room is very important and needs to have a lot of positive energy. If you child is studying for an exam - make sure that the study room is clutter free and clean.  According to feng shui - a messy room produces a lot of “sha” energy.  Also to please note that one’s study chair needs to be in a place where there are no shelves around.  Make sure the chair is comfy and has a high back.   You can also place a picture of water behind the study chair - this helps with creative energy.  And you don’t have to wait till you are having an exams before doing all the above - for people who are doing online studies - you definitely need to be able to concentrate and have a little bit of discipline too.

So you just started working in a new office - and you want to make it this time and stay a little longer than your next job and also want a career advancement?  I hear yer sister!  so did I - when I used to work in the hotel - changing hotels wasn’t fun - I had to learn the ropes all over again - and network all over again.  And I am not getting any  younger - I wanted to get ahead.  So these were the tips given to me  a long time ago - by a feng shui consultant - hope it helps you too.

First to check around to make sure that there are no poison arrows shooting directly at you and if there are - make sure you take care of it.  I’m sure you’ve also heard about sitting with a solid wall  behind you and not a door or bookcase or a window for you need to protect yourself from getting back stabbed at. Another thing to remember is to keep your area bright - and if you have windows try and open your windows and let the good chi come in - now of course - if your window sits on top of the garbage collection center/chute - then don’t open the windows.

Alternatively, you can place a small fish bowl or plants around your desk - or better still a radio playing or a small moving fan or pictures of celebs or important people or all your certs also great way to bring in life and goodwill to your office and your career.  So good luck to all of you - who wants office space success - don’t forget to let me know if it worked for you or not.

According to Lilian Too - although the year of Rabbit started on a good foot - the later part of the year - we are missing some elements - therefore I will be carry water with me at all times - and also have water around the house and store always.  But I am not going to overdo it - or I might just drown myself.   I am also getting myself a Heaven Luck Activator to help me succeed in my undertaking this year.

A few days ago - I was just talking more on study luck with the niece who wanted to go to Dalhousie to take her nursing course.  Now she has decided to stay home and do it on an online university - she claims it is cheaper to do it this way - before attending the real class - the last two years of school.  So of course, the sister-in-law asked what can we do to help her using feng shui again - they were going to redecorate her room to make it more conducive for her to study in.

I also gave her mother some tips on how to energize the earth element in her northeast corner and put in some good fortune symbols to activate and enhance academic success.  But like I told her mother - with all online course - you  not only need ambition but determination and  a lot of discipline and if you have all that - sure - it’s really good with good time management.  I’ve seen many of my friends do well with online courses and succeeded and move on to a better job.  So yes!  feng shui may help - but it’s not a miracle worker - for anything in life - you need to work at it.