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Organizing Your Wardrobe for Workplace Energy

June 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

You know about productive workspaces and productive systems, but how about productive clothing?  Most of us are familiar with the idea of Feng Shui in building and decorating.  However Feng Shui principles also extend to wardrobe in the use of colors.  For Feng Shui practitioners, clothing is very important.  To generate the right energy for the right circumstances, you need to choose correctly.

In this sphere, clothing can also be positive or negative, providing success-focused energy or draining energy, giving added meaning to “Dress for Success.”

Here are some of the basic energy-matching colors:
1.  Want to accomplish a lot with few distractions?  Use neutrals.  They held you blend in quietly.
2.  Having a very active, upbeat day?  Pick out the bright colors.
3.  Need to display control?  Wear dark colors with a fitted design.
4.  Working at a more leisurely pace?  Loose fit with light colors for creative energy and interaction.
5.  Need confident energy?  Select black to absorb all energy.
6.  Secure in yourself and want to be noticed?  Red gives out that message.
7.  In sales?  Green is money energy and earth tones help you connect.
8.  High stress days?  Blue is calming.
9.  Social situations?  Now is the time for prints and florals.  These should stay out of the workplace because they show out-of-control energy.
10.  Low energy?  White is draining, so just use it as a contract color.

The test is at the end of the day is to ask yourself if:

  • You felt good about yourself
  • You accomplished what you had wanted to do

If something seemed out of alignment, could it be a clothing mismatch?

 

Tags: Feng Shui

1 response so far ↓

  • 1 Christine Simiriglia // Jul 4, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    I’ve been helping folks organize their clothes and their closets for years, and must say, this approach to “what to wear” and how to think about organizing your wardrobe is revolutionary. I’ll be using it. Thanks.

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