Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780091816971
Edition: Reprinted edition
ISBN: 0091816971
Label: Vermilion
Manufacturer: Vermilion
Number Of Pages: 94
Publication Date: March 04, 1999
Publisher: Vermilion
Studio: Vermilion

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Editorial Review:

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




Rating: - A Kick Up The Butt!
Since reading this book I've bought it for other people, all who seem to be stuck in a rut, or unable to move themselves forward.

It's a very quick and easy read (read it in a couple of hours) but it presents a logic that seems just that ... logical.

If you're scared of change but don't want to continue along the path that you're currently on, this book offers a great perspective. Don't be afraid of what's around the corner ...

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Rating: - Lower Your Expectations
A patheticly obvious parable. The mice represent blue collar workers, the 'little people' represent white collar workers burdened down with expecations of progression, contracts and careers. The book's simple message is to accept that your employer can do what the hell they like. That's why it's set in an empty maze where cheese is deposited seemingly at random.

Corporations are presented as all powerful as the scientists (presumably) experimenting on this book's characters. The mice ... Read More

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Rating: - Change to thrive and survive
I read this book in a few minutes whilst waiting for a customer to arrive for an off site meeting.

I started it as a bit of fun and I found a metaphor I have come back to time and time again, when confronted with change issues.

Success means changing - even when you reach your intial goal you need to continue to improve and change.

My advice invest a little time and money in this book and get some big ideas!

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Rating: - Nice tale, but why buy when it's available as a free download?
This is a well thought out, if at times rather twee, analogy for change in life and how to deal with it.
I'm sure the author's company does some excellent workshops & seminars based around it and his other publications, but they don't operate where I live (not in US or UK) so I looked around and was able to download a pdf of the book for free on the interweb.
There are also video and audio downloads as well if you refine your search.
My verdict, a useful teaching tool, especially ... Read More

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Rating: - They've said it all before ... BUT
Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

OK, so all the reviewers have dissected this little book to infinity and beyond. But its very much worth reading, and won't take you long, and might just give you that little push to get out of the rut and take a wider prespective.

Ideal for people who live in prisons and want to break out (metaphorically speaking)

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