How Feng Shui can move your business forward

IN my many years of providing Feng Shui consultation for businesses all around the world, one of the luxuries that I treasure most is not having to compel or convince new clients based on results. Most people who ask for Feng Shui consultations are already convinced with the prospects of having a Feng Shui-driven business. Nevertheless, there are still two kinds of people within this group — those who wholly understand the benefits of the service and those who simply follow the herd.

There are tonnes of businesses around that fail to understand their “business purpose” and many would have crashed and burned with time. It’s not very different with us in the field of Metaphysics.

If clients don’t foresee any benefit from Feng Shui services for their business, there won’t be any apparent results, including a significant increase in revenue! The following are some of my reasons a properly understood Feng Shui assessment for your business is a smart investment.

Reason 1: Knowing your company

For me, the most important benefit for a client who receives a Feng Shui business assessment is that they would be able to understand what is going on in the organisation. From here, a Feng Shui assessment would also be able to plot the challenges and obstacles that would stifle their business.

Does the business face problems in its operations? Does this problem come from its consumer base, or is it merely an internal staff issue? Is there a negative perception of the business in the public eye? Which part of the business process needs fixing, or does it all boil down to poor corporate culture?

Feng Shui can help answer these questions and identify hindrances to an organisation’s progress, placing it on the road to success.

Reason 2: Understanding your limitations

Businesses can be limited in many ways. Some of them include using obsolete business models, limited capital, unfavourable market conditions or target market, and throttled capacity. Some businesses may appear to have tremendous potential for growth and yet find their growth is somehow limited. This could simply mean that the growth of the business is being supressed by the environment the company, office/shop, etc is sitting on. In the Feng Shui perspective, this refers to the Qi residing within the vicinity. The physical structure of the business is located within an area that is holding its potential back from moving to the next level.

By understanding the limitations that surround the business, clients may be able to subdue these drawbacks through Feng Shui methods which may include advice to relocate the business altogether to a more Feng Shui-fertile area.

Reason 3: Risk management and business planning

Conventional risk management and business planning are usually performed based on professional forecasts. The information is derived from individuals or groups who come up with their proposals and forecasts based on corporate statistics. However, these are still susceptible to the odd misjudgement or two. A Feng Shui assessment would be a great boost to these critical forecasts as it is based on Qi cycles.

Positive Qi as well as unfavourable afflictions such as the Five Yellow Star and Three Killings all have varying effects on the performance of a business or company. It depends heavily on the business’ physical building structure and the sector in which it falls under within a given year. From a business vantage, profit and growth as well as obstacles faced by a company vary from year to year. This can be determined by examining the stars that directly impact these areas where the buildings are located.

The Five Yellow Star, for instance, indicates legal issues. A number of small and medium enterprises often neglect legal compliances, which means they are also left out of risk management and business planning considerations. If this Five Yellow Star appears at the Main Door of the business, its management would do well to take heed of the impending risk of litigation issues in the coming year. With this knowledge, the organisation’s risk management portfolio would be well equipped to face the turmoil ahead.

This situation is what I would call the “Qi Advantage”, where businesses that perform Feng Shui assessments get an extra layer of defence against problems, not just those expressed in the above case but others involving issues like succession planning, human resource management and business growth. With the right understanding and intention, Feng Shui can provide a competitive edge for a business or company.

Datuk Joey Yap is the world’s leading Chinese Metaphysics consultant and bestselling author of more than 160 books which have sold over four million copies worldwide. He is chief consultant of the Joey Yap Consulting Group and founder of Mastery Academy of Chinese Metaphysics. His nearly two decades of professional consultancy includes working with Microsoft, Sime Darby, UEM, Prudential and Citibank. He has students in more than 30 countries.

This story first appeared in TheEdgeProperty.com pullout on June 17, 2016, which comes with The Edge Financial Daily every Friday. Download TheEdgeProperty.com here for free.