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Summary: Simplicity: A defense
Review: You will read two types of reviews of this book. One: The book is a quick, excellent read which teaches some very good truths. Two: The book oversimplifies complex concepts and those concepts introduced in the book are common sense anyway. I fall into those in the former category.Often times we try to overcomplicate things because it makes us feel important in someway. True, it may seem simplicity has some inherent flaw in it but in actuality simplicity can teach us everything. Think about those institutions that we have complicated through needless verbiage and procedure. I can think of two off the top of my head government and law. Both are dominated by attorneys and remain out of touch for the common layperson. I would submit that those things that are simplified are inherently easier to understand and better because of it as with this book. To those that have said that they would be seeking employment elsewhere if given this book by a boss or thought this was a tool to justify downsizing, I say that I didn't even think of construing the story in that manner. I don't believe "Hem" and "Haw" were lazy workers and the book a vehicle for job elimination, in fact I thought the book was a good lesson on industries. Think about this for a moment, what industries are sitting around now like Hem waiting for the cheese to come back or smelling old and rotten cheese and not looking for new cheese. I can give you three of these industries right off the top of my head: the steel, music, and film industries. All these industries suffer from "Hemminism" because they are not looking for new ways of doing business but gravitating to old business model, which this book is actually trying to get you to realize. My advice to those thinking about reading this book, yes it does in some cases seem like common sense. Yes, if you're a driver of change it may not help you that much. However, I'm sure that there isn't an aspect of your life that this book couldn't help you in some way. Besides the book is inexpensive and will take you at most an hour to read. What else are you going to do tonight, sit on the couch and watch "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" This book has some valuable lessons hidden inside it whether approaching change from a perspective as an influencer or the influenced and is well worth a read.
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Summary: Who Moved My Cheese?
Review: Who Moved My Cheese is a delightful allegory that will have long-lasting affects in both your business and personal life. The book is a quick read--about 45 minutes and is appropriate for all reading levels. The book has a well-written preface and three sections; the allegory is in the second section. Although you will benefit by reading just "the story part," I encourage you to read every page of this book, for it is the first and third section that frame the story and make it memorable. I also encourage you to read this book with someone else. Discussions identifying which character represents you and others in your companay and life are where the gold lies. Whether you incorporate this in your company training, or use this in your personal life, this is a delightfully thoughtful book that will be great as resource.
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Summary: "Why didn't I do this before?" Haw Asked....
Review: I've listen to the cassette for the first time with my brother. Both us acknowledge we were in Cheese Station #3. Acknowledgement is the first step of releasing oneself from fear. This is a wonderful book. I'm sure the story will stay with me for a life time. I'm excited about moving on and finding my 'New Cheese'!
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Summary: The Cheesiest
Review: Who moved my cheese? A nice little story about change and how we are to adapt. As oft as I myself have said to my co-workers; "The more thinking you do the more trouble you will get yourself into." Cheese is what we value. And it is not where we want it to be when we need it most. And if you like those quaint little notions then you will love this book. Kurt Vonnegut is a master at using simple words and storytelling to convey complex ideas. Our cheese author does lean more toward the simplifications than to the heavier concepts. But then again this is simply an effective parable for Business Management and Self-Help. Would you rather have a sweaty, lusty Richard Simmons prancing about on your exercise video to make you a better person or a sweet innocent tale of two mice?
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Summary: This train won't end!
Review: I was begging for mercy LONG before this tape finally, I repeat: FINALLY came to it's conclusion. It was a great idea that could have been communicated effectively in 15 minutes or less. Talk about beating a dead horse. If you don't get the message by the time this puppy ends, you have more problems than lost cheese, trust me.
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Summary: Highly motivating for whatever situation
Review: After this book was recommended to me by a colleague, since our company is going through a large bit of reorganization, I picked it up from amazon. What a fantastic motivtor! It is not, as one reviewer had stated, just for managers who see workers as sponges. In fact, that reviewer might need to deal with some change in his life. It is NOT about being downsized, it is about inevitable changes that just occur. We need to be perceptive to smaller changes now and adapt so that we can run for the "cheese" when the big change happens. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is facing change or doesn't even foresee it coming.
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Summary: A must for those who do not like change
Review: The book was an easy read! I have seen too many people get angry and do nothing about their situation but complain about what has changed. This book is for those people. It is also a great book if you manage people who are like that. The book is not for those who thrive on change and who manage people who thrive on change.
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Summary: One good thing
Review: The way I look at it, if you can cull one really good thing from an experience, then the experience was worth it. For me, the simple thought of "what would you do if you weren't afraid" was it. This simple little thought has made me rethink and move forward more quickly than I previously would have. If you're already an adventurous person bent on changing the world, read this book anyway. It'll give you a glimpse of how other people view things. Learn from that and be more effective with others as you create your change.
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Summary: Attitude is all
Review: I was recently given this book as a gift while recuperating from knee surgery. The book is short enough to read in one sitting and light enough that you can get the ideas without re-reading the concepts. I am an executive in a growing company and have had trouble keeping up with the changes that never seem to stop. I have more choices than I was letting myself realize. Seeing the humor in my situation and telling myself to quit missing processes and policies long gone helped me return to work revitalized. I recommend this book and its simple message to anyone who has lost sight of what's really important and needs to be reminded to take responsibility for finding his or her own career contentment.
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Summary: MEN OR MICE? Insulting, Simpleminded, Stupid.
Review: Johnson wrote a simple allegory which has only one message: Workers just need to deal with downsizing. It is true that a market will throw us all curveballs, but the story does not go into that fact of life. Rather, it tells us of two guys (ie, employees) and two rats (!) who just sit around in a maze eating free cheese that was not produced by anyone. Then--for no reason, mind you--the cheese disappears. The RATS have the pluck to get up off their butts to find more cheese, but the stupid, parasitical MEN (employees) are moved to abject hunger before they wander around the maze to find food. That wealth is made by thinking and working people is beyond the shrink who wrote this book; that "cheese" is moved by those who serve the wants of consumers in not considered. The only thing "amazing" about this book is that such an insulting, simpleminded, and stupid tale is considered "motivational". If you are in management and see your employees not as producers working toward a common goal, but rather as sponges who parasitically soak up your Christmas Bonus, this book is for you. If, however, you are in the real world of production and trade, any other story would better motivate your employees.
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