| Ask anyone and they'll tell you that an unhappy | | | | Tip No. 3 -- Make your relationships with your |
| work environment can be one of life's most | | | | boss smooth Create an arrangement of crystal, |
| miserable experiences. It's isolating, it's | | | | glass, or snowglobe spheres in the center of your |
| uncomfortable, unproductive, and it can also block | | | | office to smooth out relationships. In addition to |
| your progress in life. That's because work, like | | | | helping with superiors, these balls will also help |
| everything else, often relies on good will. | | | | smooth out relationships with coworkers as well. |
| That is, the good will of coworkers and bosses | | | | Alternatively, you may also wish to display a |
| alike can help propel your career and business. | | | | crystal vase, remembering to leave it empty so it |
| Likewise, ill will and animosity can create obstacles | | | | can collect auspicious relationship energy. By the |
| to career success and make every day you | | | | way, I am a big fan of the TV show, the West |
| show up for work a pretty miserable eight-hour | | | | Wing. Next time you see the President's desk, |
| (or longer) experience. | | | | notice that he has cyrstal balls on his desk! |
| Fortunately, feng shui offers some techniques for | | | | Tip No. 4 -- Activate your office according to |
| improving work relationships and making them | | | | your boss's gender If you have an older male |
| more harmonious and hospitable. So, if your | | | | boss, activate the northwest. If you have an |
| career has stalled and every day you go to work | | | | older female supervisor, activate the southwest. |
| is an excercise of endurance you'll want try the | | | | Both can be activated by creating a mini gold |
| following. | | | | mountain. Alternatively, both can be enhanced by |
| Tip No. 1 -- Don't directly confront your boss | | | | a globe of the earth. |
| Look at your desk arrangement to see if it is | | | | Tip No. 5 -- Activate your office according to |
| facing your boss's directly. Even if you are across | | | | your supervisor's age If your boss is male |
| the building, if your boss's desk is facing west and | | | | activate the east corner of the office with plants, |
| yours is facing east, and you could draw an | | | | flowers, a ficus tree, or a picture of these things. |
| imaginary straight line to his or her desk, then you | | | | For amale the same age, activate the north |
| are in a confrontational position. It's always better | | | | corner of your office with a fountain. For male |
| to have your boss "at your back" so that you are | | | | bosses who are younger than you, activate the |
| supported by this person. | | | | northeast with a crystal ball, geode, or crystal |
| Tip No. 2 -- Ground your relationships with | | | | vase. |
| superiors with a gold mountain Creating your own | | | | If your boss is female and is older than you, |
| "mountain of gold" will give you opportunities, help | | | | active the southeast with some small plants or |
| from benefactors, and create great good will with | | | | flowers. If your supervisor is the same age, |
| superiors by "grounding" your relationship. Place | | | | activate the south with red. If your boss is |
| your mini mountain in the northwest corner of | | | | younger, place metal objects, such as windchimes, |
| your office. (Find this corner by standing in the | | | | radios, fans, etc., in the west corner of your |
| center of your office and locating the center with | | | | office |
| a compass -- don't guess!). | | | | Tip No. 6 -- Enhance your own luck by activating |
| To create your mini gold mountain, purchase a | | | | the lucky corner of your office The corner that is |
| large round glass candle holder. It is important that | | | | diagonal to the doorway to your office is |
| this plate is made of glass. The plates are those | | | | considered the lucky conrer. People who don't |
| flat glass rounds that hold candle arrangements. | | | | activate this corner are missing important |
| Next, paint a mixture of small stones gold with | | | | opportunities to influence their career luck and the |
| spray paint. Arrange these stones on the plate to | | | | appeal of their offices to their coworkers and |
| resemble a small gold mountain. | | | | supervisors. |