Business Max Offers Feng Shui Tips to Small Business Owners

Business Max, an Adaptive Marketing LLC^® membership program, encourages entrepreneurs and small business owners to make use of the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui to help create balance and prosperity in their business endeavors. Feng Shui, which literally translates to “wind” and “water,” use the flow of chi (energy) to improve yourself and your business.

As BusinessMax points out, many Feng Shui principals are common sense approaches maintaining order and productivity in the workplace.

Business Max offers you Feng Shui office decorating tips

Keep your desk and workspace clutter-free. In Feng Shui, neatness represents order, and order creates opportunities. As a simple de-cluttering exercise, remove everything from your work surface and then put back only the items that you use daily and projects that you are currently working on. Neatly store or file away the excess items. Now your desk is optimally organized to allow a positive flow of chi.

Ensure that your desk is optimally positioned in your space. The position of your desk influences the happiness, success and prosperity of your business. Ideally, your desk is set back to view as much of the room as well as the door and a window, and your back is to the wall. Diagonal desk placement is optimal. Never have a window or doorway directly behind your back, as that invites negative sha chi.

Keep your professional and personal lives separate. If you have a home office, having an outside entrance directly to your workspace is preferred. As an alternate, ensure that your work space is in the front or back door of the house. When your home office is part of another room, delineate your work space with a partition, screen or even a plant. Area rugs for the two separate spaces in your room — work and personal — can also be used.

Keep flowers or plants. Not only will living plants beautify your space and encourage personal growth, they also improve the air quality. Never, ever keep cacti or other plants with sharp leaves that can “cut” your positive energy. While live plants should be your first choice, you can choose to use silk plants instead. Whichever you choose, you,r foliage should be well-maintained and dust-free.

Use bright colors. Whether it’s through wall colors, posters or artwork, bright colors foster positive energy. Want to promote positive communication? Make sure the color red is close to your phone.

Incorporate water into your space. Water is the single most powerful symbol of money. If you have a fountain in your office, make sure the waterflow is not blocked or rapid and that the water is clean. An aquarium is another popular option. Gold is the Chinese symbol for money, which is why it’s common to see goldfish tanks in Oriental businesses.

Keep the faith. Spiritual to their core, the Chinese believe in religious symbols to inspire the mind and receive blessings. If appropriate, do the same in your space, using images that relate to your beliefs.

BusinessMax is a membership program that offers savings on a variety of small business needs, including office supplies and services, corporate services, professional development tools, sales aids and employee benefits. Small business owners, who are typically stretched for resources can save both time and money with BusinessMax.

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