How Feng Shui Can Help You in Your Job

Feng Shui enables you to calculate the energies of the building and recommend remedies for the problems that might exist - both before and after you are within a building (or space).

Your office is your resource base. The energy patterns surrounding it have an important influence on your entire life and your financial well being.

Feng Shui uses placement and design to balance and enhance energy flow. Although this ancient Eastern art was developed well before the evolution of the modern office, the principles are applicable to your workplace. So, if you are feeling overstressed and under inspired at work, the following tips might help:

1. Avoid offices that are at the dead-end of a street / road.
2. Do not have two parallel sliding doors into the main office space. Figuratively, the number of employees who quit work is equal to the number that joins. So, it is back to square one, in terms of number of employees on the rolls.
3. Do not sit in such a way that your back faces your boss. Either get a small wooden partition to block the view or change your seat position. Have round or oval shaped tables in the conference room. This will promote good understanding between the members in a board meeting.
4. Never let your subordinates working at a higher ground level than you or your boss sitting on a lower ground level than you. The ground level too should follow hierarchies for all practical purposes.
5. The marketing / sales department (which facilitates cash flow into the office) should have lots of open space to move around. There should be lots of light and breeze flowing in to the room.
6. Keep the entrance of your office free from any obstacle That is after a customer opens the door, he should not immediately confront a huge table (often the receptionist's table) or a cubicle.
7. When you enter your office (or cubicle, the first thing you see should be an object that makes you happy. It could be a photo or plant - anything that makes you happy to be entering the space.
8. Position your desk as far from the door as possible. If your desk is too close to the door, it gives the impression that you are irresponsible and trying to sneak out of the office early! If your desk is against a wall, it blocks the flow of energy. Make sure that you sit facing the door or window. If this is not possible, hang a mirror above your computer or hang chimes over the door so you can see who's coming into your office. If you can't see a window from your desk, hang a picture of the outdoors or a plant directly in your line of vision. Don't sit under a vent - the draft creates a bad feng shui. If you can't move your desk, hang a scarf or flag under the vent to direct the draft away from you.
9. Have at least one object in your office that has got nothing to do with your work. A picture of your family, the cricket schedule or a favorite poster will remind you that you have a life outside the office and help create a sense of balance in your day.

Author Bio: Geetika Jain writes on behalf of Naukri.com, a leading job portal for jobs in India. She writes on topics like employment trends, vacancies and increasing work concentration. Naukri.com is a recruitment platform & provides products and services like resume writing services, Salary Tool, Resume Database Access & Response Management tools to corporate world, placement agencies and job seekers in India and overseas.