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About Feng Shui and Office
Organization
- Improving efficiency by respecting your work space and yourself
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Eliminating clutter, managing
paperwork and files respectfully,
and ensuring your staff
is given the proper tools
and appropriately placed
equipment for smooth functioning
of the business, saves time,
money, and improves the
look and feel of a business
or a home office.
The
reason is that, at its core,
a feng shui office design,
which is based on the ancient
Chinese philosophy of creating
harmonious environments,
helps free up the power
of smooth, efficient working
organization into an environment.
We here at Ergo in
Demand are ready to help
you choose the products
that can assist you in reaching
your goals.
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The essence of Feng Shui
is to use the natural
positive energy, or Chi,
present in any
environment to enhance
the surroundings.
Serenity, prosperity,
and wealth are among the
claims of those who've
incorporated it into
their lives. Attention
to the practice has been
known to improve office
efficiency. In recent
years, businesses have
begun incorporating many
of its tenets into their
business practice, from
retailers to
medium-sized firms and
even Donald Trump
practices it.
The system applies
principles of
ergonomics, ecology, and
psychology. Here are
some basic feng shui
tips that clearly
demonstrate its easy and
practical application:
Throw out, or organize
and file away your
papers and files. If you
don't need it, don't
keep it. Your desk
surface should be open
and free of unnecessary
items so you have plenty
of room to work without
distractions. Natural
wood products such as
our
wooden
desk organizers
make it easy to stay
organized and
clutter-free. Using
flexible monitor
mounting arms,
phone arms
and
keyboard trays
will clear important
desk equipment off the
desk surface and within
easy access to open your
work area up even more.
Remove items that are
holding "bad memories."
Maintaining
well-organized files
and
storage cabinets
demonstrates respect for
your business records.
These records represent
in a very real sense
your past, present, and
future business. How you
treat them matters.
Proper
office furniture
and equipment allows you
to work in ergonomic
comfort and also gives
you a strong sense of
stability and safety
(See
ergonomics
for more information).
Keeping your desk and
work area clear also
allows you to
incorporate small
touches of pleasant
decor and the presence
of at least one personal
item in your work area.
Make your office entry
inviting. Beautiful
items, the type that
catches the eye, is said
to attract chi.
This is a position of
"command." Symbolically,
business enters through
the door, so it is not
appropriate to turn your
back on it. Also,
having your back towards
the door lends a sense
of vulnerability to your
work space since you are
unable to see who or
when someone is
approaching. Sitting
with your back toward a
wall or corner is
supposed to offer you
energetic support in
your feng shui office.
In situations when
moving your desk is not
possible (as is
frequently the case with
office cubicle
furniture), place a
small mirror on your
monitor in front of you
which allows you to have
visibility to what is
approaching from behind.
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Place a leafy green
plant in a red pot on
the top left hand corner
of your desk and keep it
well-tended and healthy.
It brings beauty and the
energy of life into your
work area. Bamboo,
jade, or a money tree
are considered
particularly appropriate
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In office situations
where there are
overhead, fluorescent
lights, it's often
possible to have one or
more of the fluorescent
bulbs removed to
decrease the lighting
intensity. Adding a
task lamp
then provides the right
amount of lighting to
your work area. Another
good solution is to use
an
anti-glare filter
on your computer
monitor. Most glare
filters can cut glare
and reflection 99% while
also shielding ELF/VLF
electrical radiation and
blocking UV rays.
They're unsightly, and
they're also unsafe
because people can trip.
Their presence
represents and creates a
sense of chaos. Secure
them neatly behind
furniture or bind and
attach to the underside
of desks, for example,
and free up the flow of
chi.
Anything broken, stuck,
or not working should be
fixed, or if no longer
needed, discarded. Since
water represents cash
flow and wealth, taking
care of plumbing issues
is important.
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The first practice of
feng-shui is to clear
your clutter, and these
photos demonstrate
significant differences.
Though the desk has been
cleared of clutter and
organized much better,
the occupant could gain
significantly more work
space with the
introduction of
ergonomic tools such as
a
monitor arm mount,
and a
phone organizer stand.
If need calls for, there
is also the opportunity
for
under the desk storage
cabinets.
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Messiness stagnates
energy and the
"after photo" shows
the area now opened
up.
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The calendar is now
current so you can
"keep on moving and
being prosperous."
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Sitting with your
back to the door
places you in a
vulnerable position,
because you can't
see who or when
someone is
approaching. This
desk can't be moved
so a mirror's been
placed on the
monitor to see who's
approaching.
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A couple small
plants have been
added.
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Cables and
electrical cords
have been hidden as
much as possible.
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Photos of the spouse
and family were
placed by the
monitor since the
monitor was unable
to be moved out of
the traditional
"love and marriage"
area of the cubicle
according to Feng
Shui design
features. Additional
photos of the
children were added
in the "creative"
section of the
cubicle.
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A photo that was
hanging in the
wealth and
prosperity corner of
the cubicle depicted
a scene with
stagnant water and
has been replaced by
a picture depicting
moving water.
(Photo and information
courtesy of
Cincinnati.com, March
31, 2004)
Chinese symbol for the
harmonious
Reference Books:
There are numerous books
that you can refer to in
order to learn more
about how to incorporate
this practice to create
your feng shui office in
your business, home
office, or, even in the
layout and decorating of
your house. We've
listed a few books below
for your convenience:
Office Feng Shui:
Creating Harmony in Your
Work Space,
by Darrin Zeer, Frank
Montagna (Chronicle
Books: 2004)
Feng Shui for Business,
by Evelyn Lip (Heian
Intl Pub Co.: 1990)
Feng Shui
at Work, by
Kirsten Lagatree
(Villard; 1998)
Feng Shui Principles for
Building and Remodeling:
Creating a Space that
Meets Your Needs and
Promotes Well-Being,
by Nancilee Wydra,
Lenore Weiss Baigelman
(McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Books:2002)
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