Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Five Factors of Success

The Chinese believe that a person's success or failure is dependent on 5 major factors ranked in order of importance as below:

1) Destiny
Destiny is determined by the day and time we were born.

2) Luck
This is the pattern of ups and downs one is experiencing during one's lifetime. It is generally accepted that luck plays an important role in our life.

3) Feng Shui
The environment and surroundings we live in, referring to not only the physical but also the cosmic aspect of our surroundings that include time and space dimension.

4) Character
This refers to the personal characteristics of a person's character, like honesty, kindness, helpfulness, benevolence, industriousness, forgiveness and other positive traits.

5) Education
This not only refers to a person's academic achievements but also includes professional training, acquiring technical know-how and other general knowledge like politics, economics, world affairs and other subjects that may assist one's career.

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