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. Its not just sustenance to them; its their self-image. Their lives and belief systems are built around the cheese theyve 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 theres no single way to deal with change, the consequence of pretending change wont happen is always the same: The cheese runs out. --Lou Schuler
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Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
"Cheesy" Reminders (
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True this is written so a child could read it. True the examples are rather simplistic. Its a parable folks. And while there is nothing hugely revolutionary about the book, what it does provide are reminders on how to embrace change and follow the cheese (change), or become immobilized by fear and,
A Modern Day Parable (
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Some people just dont get "Who Moved My Cheese?" This is prefectly acceptable, because it will not work for everybody. Just like biblical parables, it is often interpreted in different ways. If you have not read it, I suggest that you give it a chance.
I first encountered the book in graduate scho
The best parable for dealing with change (
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I have read lots of books on change management. Most of them are dry and boring. This book shows you various reactions to change and how one arrives at the right response. How mice deal with supplies of cheese provides an entertaining and educational context for this topic. The book is well worth th
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