“Clothes make the man, Naked people have little or no influence on society” Mark Twain

Suits

It is generally accepted that you need to have the appropriate attire for the job. For example. you are making a presentation to a corporate, you wear a suit to show, not only respect for your audience, but, credibility and authority. The suit gives you the confidence but also provides the appropriate mindset to do the job. Therefore, people wear a suit and not a jacket with tatty jeans. However, when you are going to a social occasion, the casual attire is more appropriate – you are going to have a good time.

Cars

Cars are equivalent to clothes; you are inside them and your behaviour reflects the personality of the car. As soon as you step into the Veyron, a high speed road cruiser, your mindset is about the pleasure of high speed driving, not about saving the planet. However, when you are driving a Prius, your mindset is about transportation but with a eco-friendly consciousness about saving the planet – you do not drive this car on high speed pleasure drives.

Offices or Working areas

The environment influences your thinking.

This small room is used as an home office and the client is not happy. Why?

You take the personality of the room when you are in there. A small room has a persona of a small minded person; narrow and small thinking. This would be reflected in your actions and therefore, your business.

Secondly, in this configuration, the person faces a corner because of the position of the computer. Facing a corner reminds me of a school punishment but more importantly, the walls meeting together to form a corner. People who spend a lot of time facing a corner tend have closed mindsets.

The ideal office is a larger room but with the desk facing an open space. A larger room allows the person to have a bigger thoughts and an unhindered mindset. An open space allows the freedom of thought; open mindset.

Conclusion:
We adopt the persona of the environment that we are in. We wear the clothes and adopt its characteristics; we drive the car and adopt the characteristics.
We work in an office and we adopt the characteristics of the office. A small office will reflect small thinking. A large office will reflect a larger thinking.

Of course, a ordered and tidy office, will reflect an ordered and tidy mind.

Dr Michael Oon