Are you pushing the correct button?

Every single time when you go to the ATM machine and you push those buttons, do you remember this phrase?

-- Push the "button", and wealth that can fill the emperor's palace shall flow to you. (Not every button can do that...haha)

Sometimes when we work so hard to gather wealth, they tend to flow to us, and then flow through us! That's why today I am going to talk about the tail as promised.

What happens when you have a lot of wealth? -- Two things,
1. You guard what you have.
2. You go for more!

We all know that pixiu has the ability to guard wealth. The myth of Pixiu tells that the creature violated a law of heaven by defecating on the floor, so the Jade Emperor punished it by restricting the Pixiu's diet to gold and sealing it's anus. This is the origin of Pixiu status as a symbol of the acquisition and preservation of wealth.

But!...when the Pixiu needs to use it's tail (not one but two!) to help safeguard your wealth. That spells HUAT! You might be thinking; how come this Pixiu has two tails? -- one stretches longer than the other. Well, other than because of the huge amount of wealth you will be having when you have this piece of Imperial jadeite around your neck...it gives you a competitive advantage.

Remember during the 2008 Summer Olympics, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps set a new Olympic record of 50.58 to defend his title in the event, edging out Serbia's Milorad Cavic (50.59) by one hundredth of a second (0.01).

Whether you win by a huge margin or a very very small margin, people only remember...THE WINNER! Now, imagine this, let's say you are running a business, for your business to be so so prosperous, you need? -- competitive advantage. Of course everyone would like to win by a big margin, that would be the most amazing feeling. The truth is that's not always the case. Therefore, if you want to be able to stay on top of your competition and be the first to HUAT, you need these two tails of the Pixiu. 

There is a saying in Chinese: 梅开二度 (double peak) -- perhaps the two tails to signify repeating your successes, each time, greater than the last.

When you want to emulate and multiply your own success, you got to have remember how you have done it before plus opportunities right?

Which brings me to my second point: the hooks at the end of each tail.

Hardworking and cautions we might be, we will miss some opportunities (fact), and the last thing we want, is to miss those MAJOR ones. -- Therefore, it has "hooks" at the end of it's super long tail, to bring back those lost opportunities.

From a more nature point of view, the "hook" are like vines, which represent strength! With such imperial wealth, a strong guardian is needed.

Have you been to the swimming pool (speaking of which, it's been quite some time since I last Swim) with the sunlight hitting the surface of the water forming a glaring reflection? That's how the tail of the pixiu looks.

It is like silver lining, as though to remind you that after every gloomy situation, there will be hope. Maybe some of you have been living a very blessed life, but for most cases, there will be ups and downs in life, what is most important however is when the good time arrive, you be the first!...to capture the opportunity.  

And one more thing...this might just be pertaining to me, but who knows? -- once I say this, you might also realize that the shape of this Imperial jadeite looks quite like the Merlion.

Can you see what I see?

-- Samuel Ling, Assistant to Advisor