Successful strategy deals as much with space as it does with time. The way you arrange your work space will bear upon your degree of effectiveness and organization, and therefore upon the degree to which you can be successful. You might think of your work space as a sort of vehicle; it can take you anywhere you wish to go. The better situated and arranged it is, the farther it will take you.
The supplies you will need
The supplies you will need to put the material to use are a few photocopies of the floor plan of your work space and a compass (which you can find in most hardware or sporting goods stores).
Your Floor Plan
Your floor plan doesn’t have to be exact; however, it should be reasonably correct. If you are lucky enough to have a copy of the architect’s original plan, use that. Otherwise you can most easily draw your floor plan on graph paper. If you don’t want to take the dimensions of your work space with a tape measure, simply pace out the length and breadth of your space, estimating 3 feet to each step. Try to draw your floor plan on an 8Y2-by-11-inch sheet of paper for the sake of convenience.
If you are the owner or CEO of a business, you will find it most convenient to work with two floor plans: one of your entire place of business and one of your private office. If you are an employee occupying an office, work with the floor plan of your own office. If you occupy a cubicle, your floor plan should be of your cubicle. If you work at home, work with two floor plans: one of your entire home and one of your home office or the room in which you work. Even if you don’t work at home, you can apply the materials to your home. Its effect on your career will be highly advantageous.
The Compass
To read a compass correctly, stand facing squarely toward the direction you want to read. Hold your compass level in front of you. Turn the whole compass case in your hand until the north end of the needle points to the letter N on the azimuth ring. (The azimuth ring is the ring of degrees—north, east, south, and west— printed on the plate of your compass.) The north end of the needle is either coated with green phosphorus or marked N. The earth’s magnetic field causes this end of the needle to point toward the magnetic North Pole. To find your bearing just read the direction and degree straight ahead of you on the azimuth ring of the compass.
The Element that rules your business
Refer to your Personal Data List and note the element, or elements, corresponding to your business. If your business has more than one element correspondence, select the element you wish to work with. If one of the elements corresponding to your business is the same as the element of your birth star or one of your lucky stars, select it. For example, let’s say that you were born under 6 Metal Star and that your business is in telecommunications. Telecommunications has correspondences to Wood, Fire, and Metal. Therefore you would select Metal to work with as the element corresponding to your business. For another example, let’s say that 9 Fire Star is your lucky star and that your business is in stock and commodities trading. Stock and commodities trading has correspondences to Water, Fire, Earth, and Metal. Therefore you would do best to select Fire to work with as the element corresponding to your business.
Please note: If you are an employee working in a business in a specialized capacity, use the element that corresponds to the business in which you are working, not that of your area of specialization. For example, if you are a graphic designer working in a publishing house, the element of your business is Fire, for publishing, not Wood, for graphic designing.
