How Your Company's Founding Date Affects Its Success

 

I am a man. I don't use cosmetics. But I love reading biographies. Recently, I came across the book "The Mary Kay Way" and noticed something very interesting. Besides the business and leadership principles that the author shared in her book, I discovered something about the relationship of between the founding date of a company with its owner and its success.

As you probably know, many companies start up and fail within the first 5 years. And as many entrepreneurs say, "I'll rather be lucky than smart.". In this article, I am going to reveal to you some secrets about how you can create more luck for your business. Of course, that is not to say that you can just rest on your laurels and wait for luck to make everything happen. Hard work is still a must in business.

There are some people who work very hard, but still don't get what they want. These people are smart and hardworking, but somehow things just don't work out. I don't want you to be in that category. It is my intention to help you in this article, to be able to get your desired results after working hard for it.

In the olden days, the chinese are very superstitious. They believe in choosing an auspicious date for starting up their business. An auspicious date is supposed to help the business prosper. That may be true, but more importantly, the founding day must be favorable to the owner of the business. And of course, vice versa, the owner's birth date must also suit the business' founding date. If not, the business is likely to fail.

Of course, there are also many other factors like the people you employ. I will touch a little bit on that later. But right now, let's look at the relationship between Mary Kay Ash Cosmetics Inc's founding date and its founder's birth date.

Mary Kay Ash Cosmetics Inc was founded on 13th September 1963.The pillars are as follows:

Year Pillar: Water Rabbit
Month Pillar: Metal Rooster
Day Pillar: Earth Sheep
Hour Pillar: Unknown

A company's founding date is just like a person's birth date. From it's founding date, you can determine whether the owner will be able to make it a success, and who are the people the company should employ, to make it a success.

Looking at the information above, the company is Earth born in a Metal month. As you probably know, from the cycle of production, Earth produces Metal. In this case, the Earth is weakened. Therefore, the favorable elements for this company is Fire and Earth.

Which also means that if the color scheme of the logo and products should be Red, Pink, Orange, Purple or Yellow, in order for it to be successful. Colors like White, Grey, Black, Blue and Green should be avoided. In short, as much as possible, everything in the company should be related to Fire and Earth. And Water, Metal and Wood should be avoided.

Next, let's look at the founder, Mary Kay's birth date.

Mary Kay Ash was born on 12th May 1918.Her pillars are as follows:

Year Pillar: Earth Horse
Month Pillar: Fire Snake
Day Pillar: Earth Sheep
Hour Pillar: Unknown

Mary Kay was an Earth person born in a Fire month. Fire produces Earth, which makes her element very strong. If your personal element is very strong, you need to dilute it. On the other hand, if your personal element is very weak, you need to strengthen it. It's all about achieving a balance.

For Mary Kay's case, her favorable elements are Water, Metal and Wood, while her unfavorable elements are Fire and Earth. Did you see something here? The company's favorable elements are her unfavorable elements, while the company's unfavorable elements are her favorable elements.

Let me elaborate, the company's favorable elements are Fire and Earth. Mary Kay Ash has plenty of Fire and Earth in her pillars, that's why they are unfavorable to her. The company "helps to dilute" her unfavorable elements.

Looking at it the other way, the company's unfavorable elements are Metal, Water and Wood. These 3 elements are Mary Kay's favorable elements. Mary Kay "helps to dilute" the company's unfavorable elements. It is very important to choose the correct founding date for your company, so that you can "create more luck" to help you succeed.

Coming to employees, in your opinion, what type of people should Mary Kay Ash Inc employ?

Yes, you are right. It should employ people with lots of Fire and Earth in their pillars. Especially the high ranking people and decision makers should have plenty of Fire and Earth in their pillars. This principle also works when you find a business partner.

You should always try to work with a business partner who has your favorable elements in his/her pillar and vice versa. This will help smoothen out a lot of things. My personal experience is that I work well with people whose pillars match mine. It is not superstition, but it is proven to work.

Don't trust me. Try it out yourself.