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Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life |  | Author: Spencer Johnson
Publisher: Vermilion
Category: Book
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Rating:  178 reviews
Sales Rank: 230
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprinted Ed
Pages: 94
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.3
ISBN: 0091816971
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780091816971
ASIN: 0091816971
Publication Date: March 4, 1999
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Product Description
Tells a story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in your life - whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession. And the maze is where you look for what you want - the organization you work for in, or the family or community you live in.
Amazon.co.uk Review
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, non-analytical and non-judgmental; they just want cheese and are willing to do whatever it takes to get it. Hem and Haw are "little people", 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, co-author of The One Minute Manager and many other books, presents this parable to business, church groups, schools, military organisations--anywhere where you find people who may fear or resist change. And although more analytical and sceptical 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, Amazon.com
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 Great read! July 14, 2010
SJAB (London, England)
I really loved this book. It's a very simple, quick and thought provoking read. It makes you look at change in a positive way and feel like you could take on any challenge! Everybody should read this book and if they don't like it maybe they're the same as the mouse that refused to change!!!! Ignore the negative reviews and try it - if you don't like it all you've lost is 2 hours!
Cheesed off. Read this book!! July 8, 2010
Chubanana
May be aimed at teenage children but at 62 I read Who Moved my Cheese and then went to work and worked out easily who was which character in the book. Excellent book and the actual story part takes only 45 minutes to read.
A Must Read Book! June 27, 2010
Mr E Massey (GB)
I have finished reading the Book called "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Dr Spencer Johnson. It is truely a wouderful and amazingly helpful story on, dealing with change at work or in life. I would recomment it to Everyone!!! I give it 5 out 5 as it is a easy-to-read and enjoyable book to read.
Who Moved My Cheese? June 22, 2010
David Smith (England)
Who likes change? Not many of us, but life changes all around us, all the time, and it is how we deal with this change that makes the difference between going stagnant or flourishing.
The witty little addendum to the title sets the tone of the book. Dr Johnson uses a simple, child-like (note, not childish) analogy to provoke discussion on how to deal with change, in the workplace, home, school, church or anywhere, where change is needed, to not only survive, but to prosper.
Two small men and two mice live in a maze and have to go searching for cheese on a an almost daily basis in order to survive. However, the cheese 'stations' sometimes have lots of cheese and sometimes just a little. When the cheese runs out in one 'station' they have to go out searching for cheese elsewhere. The mice, Sniff and Scurry, seem to take this in their stride and go on searching whenever necessary. The men, Hem and Haw, as their names suggest have a bit of difficulty in accepting the continual changes in their supply of cheese, and their reactions to the situation prove an interesting source of discussion. (I will say no more here, so you will have to read it for yourself.)
This book has been used in many work situations and I have also recommended it to a local vicar who has found it very useful in the church setting.
An easy read, but if you are prepared to read past the simplistic style and setting, there is a lot of food (cheese!) for thought on how to deal positively to change in any aspect of your life.
Who moved my cheese? June 5, 2010
Paul Cox (Surrey England)
This book is one of the most famous and successful management tools. It can be read in under 2 hours and leaves the reader to assess which of the characters in the story represents them.
It has changed my life in the way I teach people and make them understand that, if one does not change, then success is left to chance.
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