Who Moved My Cheese: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
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With over 2.5 million copies sold worldwide, Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that reveals profound truths
It is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for example a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health or spiritual peace of mind. The maze is where you look for what you want, perhaps the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in. The problem is that the cheese keeps moving.
In the story, the characters are faced with unexpected change in their search for the cheese. One of them eventually deals with change successfully and writes what he has learned on the maze walls for you to discover. You’ll learn how to anticipate, adapt to and enjoy change and be ready to change quickly whenever you need to.
Discover the secret of the writing on the wall for yourself and enjoy less stress and more success in your work and life. Written for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights will last a lifetime.
Spencer Johnson, MD, is one of the world’s leading authors of inspirational writing. He has written many New York Times bestsellers, including the worldwide phenomenon Who Moved My Cheese? and, with Kenneth Blanchard, The One Minute Manager. His works have become cultural touchstones and are available in 40 languages.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Vermilion, 1st edition (4 Mar. 1999) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 96 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0091816971 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0091816971 |
| Dimensions | 19.8 x 12.6 x 0.7 cm |
by Jennyb
A friend recommended this. She said it helped her move forward in her career, to make a decision she was unsure about making. It worked for her. I don’t have anything I need to make a decision about so haven’t found it that useful yet but it’s there if I need it
by Railway Mike
Gives you a different perspective on change.
by Maria
Good book I like it
by H.smit
A must read for anyone on a self help journey.
Not just business but life.
The cheese is a metaphor for insert topic here
Quality read and can be done in a matter of an hour or two
by Amazon Customer
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Although it’s a short read, there is wisdom and gems you can take from it.
A key theme is the importance of being able to adapt & embracing change.
I would definitely recommend giving it a read.
by Jason Tilling
Really enjoyed this book, it was a short story and the overall book is not very big but love the concept of having to always handle “Change” all through our lives, personal and work.
My company is currently going through big changes which has meant a lot of restructuring, this book helped me understand that things had to chance and could not carry on as they were.
Have recommend this book to many Project Managers in my team.
by Marko
** Book 1 of 12 read as part of a team challenge (see below) **
This is a simple book and easy to read parable regarding change. Some may say that its too simple and same message could be given in single sentence of ‘When there is change, adapt or die’. That is the basic premise and reiterated throughout the parable and so is true, except for one thing, and that is that people relate to things, digest and learn much more effectively with stories rather abrupt statements
I found this book useful as a reminder
It is split into 3 sections, with the story in the middle sections sandwiched between a ‘Class Reunion’ type meeting before to set the scene of telling the story and a then final section a discussion from the reunion on the usefullness of the story.
Although those sections may add context for some people, I found them to be way too contrived and so worsened my experience
The story itself is a quick read and is not a cook book for the specific steps you need to take to deal with change as there are so many variables in such. It rather keeps reminding you that you should be prepared for change and aware of your surroundings.
In regards to when change happens (and spoiler alert – the cheese disappears) the path the book takes is to accept change, don’t question it but move on to new cheese.
This can be seen by some as a defeatest path and thus a criticism of the book, but like much in the book its what you read into it as to what you get out of it.
A couple of points are made that you should be aware of slight changes happening in your environment as well as not getting too comfortable.
Taken further, unless you are in full control of your environment (and in this case they are not) then I see you have two options
– accept change when it happens (as the simple mice do)
– further your own understanding of your environment and the whys and hows, so you can understand or even influence change early in the piece.
This second thought is not covered in the book(its my take away) as its not its premise.
Sometimes we need a reminder on things in life and this is a simple book that can deliver that at the right time. Like all self help / management books you do need to not come in with preconceived thoughts on what IT needs to deliver to YOU.
THE TEAM CHALLENGE
I made up a team challenge / building activity for my remote staff or 12 spread around the globe. It went like this.
1.Each individual choose a book, any book, that could have some benefit to the team
After all had chosen a book, then advised.
2. They need to gift that book to another member of the team, with the catch that they could not gift to someone in the same office as themselves
3. After the receiver had read the book, then the gifter and receiver of the book did a presentation/call to myself as to why the book was chosen and the benefits (if any) of the book. to our team.
So each person read 1 book, each person did 2 presentations.
As manager I also bought and read each book chosen. My review based on my thoughts.
by Sarah
Well worth a read, definitely puts things into perspective in such a simple way. I’ve been stuck in a situation in my personal life for so long, this gave me the insight to find ‘New Cheese’ to improve my life instead of being stagnant and stuck in the same situation. You’ll be surprised how effective this simple story is! Definitely one to keep onto and reflect on.