Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
by: Spencer Johnson
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Change can be a blessing or a curse, depending on yourperspective. The message of Who Moved My Cheese? is that allcan come to see it as a blessing, if they understand the nature ofcheese and the role it plays in their lives. Who Moved MyCheese? is a parable that takes place in a maze. Four beings livein that maze: Sniff and Scurry are mice--nonanalytical andnonjudgmental, they just want cheese and are willing to do whatever ittakes to get it. Hem and Haw are "littlepeople," mouse-size humanswho have an entirely different relationship with cheese. It's not justsustenance to them; it's their self-image. Their lives and beliefsystems are built around the cheese they've found. Most of us readingthe story will see the cheese as something related to ourlivelihoods--our jobs, our career paths, the industries we workin--although it can stand for anything, from health torelationships. The point of the story is that we have to be alert tochanges in the cheese, and be prepared to go running off in search ofnew sources of cheese when the cheese we have runs out.
Dr. Johnson, coauthor of The One MinuteManager and many other books, presents this parable tobusiness, church groups, schools, military organizations--anyplacewhere you find people who may fear or resist change. And although moreanalytical and skeptical readers may find the tale a little toosimplistic, its beauty is that it sums up all natural history in just94 pages: Things change. They always have changed and always willchange. And while there's no single way to deal with change, theconsequence of pretending change won't happen is always the same: Thecheese runs out. --Lou Schuler
Product Description:
From 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.
Change can be a blessing or a curse, depending on yourperspective. The message of Who Moved My Cheese? is that allcan come to see it as a blessing, if they understand the nature ofcheese and the role it plays in their lives. Who Moved MyCheese? is a parable that takes place in a maze. Four beings livein that maze: Sniff and Scurry are mice--nonanalytical andnonjudgmental, they just want cheese and are willing to do whatever ittakes to get it. Hem and Haw are "littlepeople," mouse-size humanswho have an entirely different relationship with cheese. It's not justsustenance to them; it's their self-image. Their lives and beliefsystems are built around the cheese they've found. Most of us readingthe story will see the cheese as something related to ourlivelihoods--our jobs, our career paths, the industries we workin--although it can stand for anything, from health torelationships. The point of the story is that we have to be alert tochanges in the cheese, and be prepared to go running off in search ofnew sources of cheese when the cheese we have runs out.
Dr. Johnson, coauthor of The One MinuteManager and many other books, presents this parable tobusiness, church groups, schools, military organizations--anyplacewhere you find people who may fear or resist change. And although moreanalytical and skeptical readers may find the tale a little toosimplistic, its beauty is that it sums up all natural history in just94 pages: Things change. They always have changed and always willchange. And while there's no single way to deal with change, theconsequence of pretending change won't happen is always the same: Thecheese runs out. --Lou Schuler
Product Description:
From 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.
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- Common sense wrapped up in a children's story...for professional adults.
I share most of the sentiments other negative reviewers have expressed about the book.It's insulting to every employee's intelligence (if they have any), although it was a nice way to waste several hours (it took me about 15 minutes to read the book, but we spent hours having meetings and group talks about it led by management). Just thinking about it now makes me glad to be out of the corporate realm and in a small private office.
Everything in this book should come as common sense ... Read More
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- I'm Surprised!
I am surprised that more people are not raving about this simple book that uses simple concepts that can be so amazingly powerful.Recognizing how we deal with change, and really understanding what that means in our lives, can be one of the most powerfully moving experiences, and life altering events.
I was so impressed with it at work, I made my whole extended family (even those in Iran) read it.They all enjoyed it, and some even made significant changes in how they look at their lives ... Read More
Rating: - Who Moved My Cheese
This is a great book.The seller was very quick to mail my order and the service was excellent.A+++++++
Rating: - GREAT eye openner
The book opens up awareness of possible change(s) that are needed in ANY organization. GREAT eye openner
Rating: - Who moved my cheese
I received the book very quickly, I needed it for school and got it in time.It was like new if not new.
- Common sense wrapped up in a children's story...for professional adults.I share most of the sentiments other negative reviewers have expressed about the book.It's insulting to every employee's intelligence (if they have any), although it was a nice way to waste several hours (it took me about 15 minutes to read the book, but we spent hours having meetings and group talks about it led by management). Just thinking about it now makes me glad to be out of the corporate realm and in a small private office.
Everything in this book should come as common sense ... Read More
- I'm Surprised!I am surprised that more people are not raving about this simple book that uses simple concepts that can be so amazingly powerful.Recognizing how we deal with change, and really understanding what that means in our lives, can be one of the most powerfully moving experiences, and life altering events.
I was so impressed with it at work, I made my whole extended family (even those in Iran) read it.They all enjoyed it, and some even made significant changes in how they look at their lives ... Read More
- Who Moved My CheeseThis is a great book.The seller was very quick to mail my order and the service was excellent.A+++++++
- GREAT eye opennerThe book opens up awareness of possible change(s) that are needed in ANY organization. GREAT eye openner
- Who moved my cheeseI received the book very quickly, I needed it for school and got it in time.It was like new if not new.
