Making Sense of Your Office Feng Shui

TIP 1: Don’t place heat-generating appliances anywhere near your office’s main door. Neither should you put any empty jars or vases near the entryway:

Feng Shui says: The items mentioned suck in chi or good vibration in your work place, and causes diminished fortune coming in through your doorway.

Western sense: Photocopying equipments and the such bulky-sturdy machinery could be overpowering to clients new to your area. And don’t those machines give a sore-eye plus heat-up the room’s atmosphere to an uncomfortable setting? As with decorative (empty) vases, – well – they are accident-prone!

TIP 2: Never have 2 (or more) main doors to your office. You can have just 1 big one:

Feng Shui says: Positive energy would come into 1 door and just escape through the other.

Western sense: Having too many active-area is chaos. You can have just 1 active entry way and have the rest of the room in perfect harmony. If you have too many people bumping moving in and about the entry, then you can just have a big one! Also, the tendency for only 1 main door is that the boss could easily catch those sneaking in or out through the other door/s!

TIP 3: Avoid having a wall, posts or pillars (round and square ones most especially) blocking your main door and minor doors. Improve offending structures by putting creeping plants, mirrors, or screens around them:

Feng Shui says: Strong edges and obstacles in otherwise smooth-flowing and open spaces give bad news.

Western sense: Having a wall, posts or pillars directly in front of the door in the first place, means blocking traffic, hence, crippling a lot of work-place activity.

TIP 4: Get rid of main tables made of marble or stone (in the office or at home). Replace them with wooden ones:

Feng Shui says: Having them explains the extra extra work pressure.

Western sense: Wood naturally creates a warm feeling. It absorbs stress instead of bouncing it back in greater intensity. And doesn’t marble or granite take up too much off of your finances?

TIP 5: Never have your office-door directly facing your table or workstation:

Feng Shui says: This gives more problems arising in your work place, contrary to “catching” many more positive chi into your office as the energy coming in will directly “slap” you face.

Western sense: Facing the door all the time could feel overwhelming doesn’t it? Not to mention it creates a lot of distractions – a major no-no when you ought to be concentrating. Plus, you’ll be (stunned or) stunning anyone coming in!

TIP 6: Keep the balance in your office space by keeping your desk clear and clutter-free. It’s enough to have just one folder and answering machine every time you sit and work. Hang an inciting artwork should you need a special “view of action”:

Feng Shui says: A tidy and open space preserves good chi or harmony, which is most important whenever you think and work.

Western sense: As much as it’s true that some people are stimulated and work best when their surroundings look, say – “worked-in,” still, you can’t deny that you also need the atmosphere of airy relaxation every now and then -to recharge that is. A neat and sweet/sleek room gives you that and saves you time going out of your office for some air. Having only 1 project on your table also keeps you working smoothly from one task to the other -such a perfect way to organize!

TIP 7: Have your office checked (by a feng shui expert) whenever you just moved into a new one, or, yearly on a regular basis:

Feng Shui says: An expert would help you determine if there are (or if you have acquired) any negative vibrations in your office space.

Western sense: Having a pre-survey or annual year-end check of your office space keeps you expectant of a prosperous future ahead.