Who Moved My Cheese?:
April 24th, 2009 | 
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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 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 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 Schuler
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A good opener for closed minds
Who moved my cheese book a short story about 2 mice and 2 ‘little people’ in a maze looking for cheese. Of course ‘cheese’ is just a metaphor for what you want in life (such as money, the ideal job), and the ‘maze’ represents where you are looking for what you want (such as your family, an organization). As the story goes, one of the characters (Haw) learns to deal with change successfully and writes what he has learned on the maze wall. In this way, the reader gets the main points in the book and can learn too how to deal with life’s changes. A little book that is big on wisdom, many should find it entertaining and useful. Also recommended The Sixty-Second Motivator -another short story that is to the point and practical.
Maybe simiplistic or trite, but helpful
I read this moved my cheese book johnson years ago and enjoyed the metaphor. It is a good read for people who are going through change and need a way to deal with it. It may even help you make a few changes to come out ahead in the end. Some people may find it over-simplified or even cheesy (sorry for the pun, but it fits). However, I’ve found that the right message shows up when you are ready to hear it and in a form you can understand it. This form worked for me and apparently for many others.
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