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by Spencer Johnson (Author) "One sunny Sunday in Chicago, several former classmates, who were good friends in school, gathered for lunch, having attended their high school reunion the night..." (more)
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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. 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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This is a brief tale of two mice and two humans who live in a maze and one day are faced with change: someone moves their cheese. Reactions vary from quick adjustment to waiting for the situation to change by itself to suit their needs. This story is about adjusting attitudes toward change in life, especially at work. Change occurs whether a person is ready or not, but the author affirms that it can be positive. His principles are to anticipate change, let go of the old, and do what you would do if you were not afraid. Listeners are still left with questions about making his or her own specific personal changes. Capably narrated by Tony Roberts, this audiotape is recommended for larger public library collections.AMark Guyer, Stark Cty. Dist. Lib., Canton, OH
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining Lesson, Oct 7 2008
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.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A short-sighted aplogy of change, Mar 9 2004
This book worships change upon a single example of a situation obviously desperate where change is mandatory. The characters have nothing to loose changing and have no real choice to do but changing or dying. The book purely denies situations where one has something to loose, what is the most common situation. Change is presented as a caveat-less solution for a better life.
The references the book gives are 2 mice, one scurrying without thinking and another one spending her time monitoring change.
The main character is a coward who learns to fight his fears and pretends to discover great truths of life which happen to be trivial statements, or partial and short-sighted thoughts valid for his only situation. It finishes in a fairy tale's happy-end.
Moreover, this book is pretentious. Both the introduction and the conclusion pretend that it is a life-changing book, while the discussion after the story introduces how to use this book to brain-wash prudent conservative employees, or to make them into aliens. The discussion even contain a disguised blackmail when one of the members tell that in his company, the employees who refused to change were fired.
To summary, I think that this book is a pretentious and short-sighted apology of change for company managers who think of their employees as a herd likely to be brained washed by such a childish debriefing.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Humans are mice and cheese? Not., Mar 3 2004
By Terry Vermeylen "mylifechanges.com" (Montreal) - See all my reviews
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Someone is making actual dollars selling this crap? Actually, that is the only good thing about this book. It encourages me to write my own book, 'Who moved my keys,' an engrossing story about two aardvarks and two humans who lose their. . . you guessed it, their keys. I include a battle scene to spice up this self-help book. Believe me it changes them forever.

I'm trying to picture the authors sitting around and hatching plans to unleash this pint size cheese book to the public. Where did they get the idea of mice and cheese? From the dirty floor? From the Bugs Bunny and Road Runner hour? I'm almost frightened to find out.

The whole plot is preposterous and the characters are just plain silly. It starts with two mice and two little people content with their cheese until someone moves it. The mice seek out new cheese and the little folk have to learn a lesson about change in their lives. Ewwwwwww . . how enchanting!!! (Maybe if yummy cheesecake was moved the "humans" would have bolted after it). Cheese is. . .well. . .you know. . .cheese.

The characters names are also catchy and are supposed to serve as a constant reminder of who they are. Drum roll please . . .and here they are . . .. Sniff, Scurry, Hem and Haw. I suppose we are supposed to relate these characters to people we know in real life. Now I have a bunch of cheese lovers calling me Hem behind my back or on a good day
* Sniff *.

I see people at work with this book on their desk. I actually read the entire book while standing up at the bookstore. At least my misery was short-lived .

I've been in the change management business for a long time and a short, brainless little book isn't going to make anyone change. I'm sure there are workshops going on in major corporations right now, focused on the adventures of Sniff and the gang, with his moving cheese. Some pointy haired manager is making it required reading, along with that other great management book, the one-minute manager. Remember anything about that gem?

Is it cute at least? Well I found some dead mice twirling around in the pool filter and I never once thought they were cute. I even put them beside some smelly cheese and they are down right repulsive.

It will not change you. Not a teensy-weensy bit.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Motivational book
Very easy read. Simple story but very parctical and applicable to our daily lives. Can prove to be useful for anyone dealing with any kind of a change... Read more
Published 2 months ago by A. Sharma

1.0 out of 5 stars My boss made me read it...
Overall, this aweful little piece of mindless literature is clearly a tool of corporate America and has obviously spread like a brainwashing cancer through the system... Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. Davies

4.0 out of 5 stars More Moving Than Cheesy
The reviews of this book seem to be split right down the middle. I side with the multiple-star reviewers. Yes, this is a simplistic book, but it is deceptively simple. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Steven Lane Taylor

3.0 out of 5 stars start a discussion on change
Written with the fable of two mice; I have used this book to start the discussion on change and resistance to change. Which mouse do you most closely identify with and why? Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jennie Deneka

5.0 out of 5 stars Cheese - Intriguing Metaphor
Cheese - this is the most intriguing metaphor I've ever seen! I still have no idea why Spencer Johnson used that, but it seems to me that he used Cheese as means of social skills... Read more
Published 14 months ago by edrm

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY amazing
This book is a personal favorite, its amazing how much it helps if you have problems with relationships, work, people, personal issues, ect. Read more
Published on Jul 27 2007 by T. Moore

5.0 out of 5 stars Universal
This book is a quick read (I read it in about 45 minutes on a train ride home from work), but it presents ideas that can apply to many aspects of life. Read more
Published on Dec 5 2006 by Handmade Christmas Cards

5.0 out of 5 stars Big hunk of cheese
I can understand why some are so irritated with this book. The message is incredibly simple, but I'm pretty certain after reading it that this is the whole point. Read more
Published on Aug 2 2005 by Aiden Carlson

1.0 out of 5 stars They Call This a Book?
If you want to survive in this world, you had better learn to adapt to change and like it. That's it, folks. You have just read this book. Read more
Published on Mar 23 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars A simple, yet thorough guide to dealing with change
Shamefully, many have educated themselves to the point that they no longer enjoy a simple, pointed book that deals with the inevitable subject of change, whether in the workplace... Read more
Published on Oct 26 2004

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