How to increase your Luck multifold

HSBC's Hexagon Logo -
unfolded from a square, smart huh?

Have you ever wondered why HSBC, one of the most successful MNC banks in the world, chose hexagon as part of their logo design?  I do not have the official answer.  Read on, and you may agree with me the reason behind later.

If you believe in numerology, there is different meanings with each single digit starting from 0 to 9. The numeric digit 6 is our topic for the day here :)

According to Fumio Nishida (幸運之神, 西田敏郎), one of the most successful sports and business coaches in Japan, the most powerful way to increase one's luck factor is to utilize what he termed "6 way thinking", or simply put need to pay attention and due respect to 6 aspects (or directions).  Ya right, East, West, South, West, Above and Below.  Let me explain the meaning of each direction one by one:

1. Face EAST - is to thank and pay respect to our ancestors and parents.  Without them we won't come into existence in this world.
2. Face WEST - is to thank our family member (spouse) and especially children.  They are the backbone and main motivator to propel us forward.
3. Face SOUTH - is to thank our Teachers and Supervisors, they are the ones who give us courage and drive.
4. Face NORTH - is to thank our Colleages, Peers and Friends, who renders support to us when our path crossed.
5. Face UPward - is to thank the Sun and Sky to give us air and energy which protect and nurture us selflessly.
6. Face DOWNward - is to think the Earth and Ocean, to keep us grounded and closer to all the nature beauty.

If you notice, a tetrahedron is formed with 6 directions to form a beautiful 3 dimentional shape.  The perfect water crystals as I wrote about in earlier blog posts are all hexagonal in shape.  The more coincidences make me think the Hong Kong Bank founder or logo designer were real smart people in choosing hexagon in their logo, which carries so much meaning.

This simple ritual of paying respect on all 6 should take no more than few minutes.  I suggest to make it into habit, you can build it as part of your daily routine, like in the morning after wash up or brushing, to think and thank for all those 6 aspects.  This will give you a positive boost, and energise you for the rest of the day.  When you are feeling positive, this is where the luck factor will follow naturally.

Are you game to give it a try to see how it goes?  I will be interested to know if this gives you a new prespective on those surrounding you that you need to feel thankful for.  Have fun!  :)