Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Change can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. The message of Who Moved My Cheese? is that all can come to see it as a blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their lives. Who Moved My Cheese? is a parable that takes place in a maze. Four beings live in that maze: Sniff and Scurry are mice–nonanalytical and nonjudgmental, they just want cheese and are willing to do whatever it takes to get it. Hem and Haw are “littlepeople,” mouse-size humans who have an entirely different relationship with cheese. It’s not just sustenance to them; it’s their self-image. Their lives and belief systems are built around the cheese they’ve found. Most of us reading the story will see the cheese as something related to our livelihoods–our jobs, our career paths, the industries we work in–although it can stand for anything, from health to relationships. The point of the story is that we have to be alert to changes in the cheese, and be prepared to go running off in search of new sources of cheese when the cheese we have runs out.
Dr. Johnson, coauthor of The One Minute Manager and many other books, presents this parable to business, church groups, schools, military organizations–anyplace where you find people who may fear or resist change. And although more analytical and skeptical readers may find the tale a little too simplistic, its beauty is that it sums up all natural history in just 94 pages: Things change. They always have changed and always will change. And while there’s no single way to deal with change, the consequence of pretending change won’t happen is always the same: The cheese runs out. –Lou SchulerFrom one of the world’s most recognized experts on management comes a charming parable filled with insights designed to help readers manage change quickly and prevail in changing times.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Who Moved My Cheese?
Quick read and definitely worth the time! Applicable to everyone in any situation. A real motivator to keep moving forward no matter your situation. Also helpful in understanding other people in your workplace and surroundings.
1 Stars Who Moved His Common Sense?
This book is about 100 pages of common sense mixed with a story on the reading level of a 3rd grader, perhaps lower. I’ll now save you the time and money this book demands from you, be ready for change. There you go. The writing is simplistic, the points are all common sense wrapped around cheese analogies, and the author spends 20% of the book shilling his own story, which you just read. Avoid this book at all costs. It is yet another example of “literature” that corporations look to for a quick fix to their problems.
5 Stars Quick, affordable, and great book!
The price of the book was a great deal and it was in great condition. I received the book in a timely manner and it was a great read!
5 Stars A story for all ages
If you feel stuck and find your life is not all you want, this book is for you. A quick and easy read that helps you to create change in your life. This book helped me get through a very difficult time in my life.
5 Stars Change - a blessing in disguise
As many Americans are facing uncertainty and change in a challenging environment, I think this book is a must-read for all.
“Who Moved My Cheese” was first recommended to me during my graduation ceremony by the president of my university. Unfortunately, I never got around to reading it; however, it did come to mind when I faced some pretty major changes in my life in 2008.
This book will challenge its readers to discovery how they really respond to change and what improvements they can make in their attitudes toward change. For many of us, change is a scary thing, but what you will hopefully come to realize after reading this short and enlightening metaphor of mice in a maze searching for the fulfillment of cheese is that change can be wonderful and is often a blessing in disguise.
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