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Summary: Life Changes; Get over it!
Review: I read this book as a recommendation from one of our demented book club members (don't ask!). Since it was booked up at the library, I had to cough up the cash to purchase it, and $12 was a lot of money for a book that is only a few pages long, half of the pages filled with "cheesy" (pardon the pun) drawings, and the other half filled with a story in a font size large enough for the sight-impared. In other words, the whole thing could have been type-written on two pages! And here's the message: Life Changes--if you don't change with it, you'll get left out. Now you've just saved yourself a whole lot of time and money. Don't waste it on this.
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Summary: Good metaphore for chnage, but...
Review: The two mice and two little people characters of this book show good metaphores for change. However, the story and the premise needs more to be practical in the business world today. After you have read this book, you do feel "comforted" that there are individuals like you, but the issue is that the change that happend to YOU is very unique, and this book does not deal with that.
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Summary: Who moved my Cheese?
Review: I thought this book was very useful in many ways. It made me look at the changing world in a new perspective that was rather positive. I thought the book was great also because it was short (I read it in less than 45 min) which made my little sister want to read it too. I loved the proverbs that were written in the book, they were just excellent. The title though is very unusual, and most of my friends commented on it and gave me funny looks. I can understand why it was a #1 bestseller though. This book taught me how to change and come up with new ideas and throw out the old. From this books point of view I am probably a "Scurry." I take on the actions and keep them running. My favorite proverb in the book that made me think was, "Old ideas do not lead to a new job" and I think that is absolutly true. I bet your asking "why do I want to read this book" i'll tell you why because if you are a Hem (a person who sticks to old ideas in this changing world)this book will help you see and learn new ways to cope with change or if you stick with being a Hem you probably can kiss your job good bye. In other words I recommend this book to everyone especially those Hems out there.
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Summary: A lot of things to think about in a little book !!
Review: I just finished reading this book and I wanted to share a few thoughts. The book focuses on change and how one relates to change. Does one anticipate and embrace change or do we fear and resist, or more dangerously, ignore it? The author's point of view is that change is inevitable in our lives and that the more that we go with change, the more enriched we'll be.One of the ideas that struck me the most is "... letting go of old behavoirs instead of letting go of the relationship. Repeating the same behavior will just get you the same results." This immediately brought several of my earlier relationships and jobs to mind. I have had the "same" relationship with different women as well as the "same" job with different companies. The author's main task in this book is to bring into focus our reluctance to change. For those who are curious about how to move past their fears and old behaviors, I know of another book called "Working on Yourself Doesn't Work" by Ariel and Shya Kane. The Kanes have discovered several principles that allow one to notice mechnical, repetitive behaviors and to have them no longer rule one's lives. I have found their work invaluable in both my professional and personal life. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Highly recommended book - everyone should read
Review: This is a highly recommended book in Hong Kong.
This book remind us to be cautious of the environmental
factors in our daily lifes. Everything changes rapidly,
if you do not beware of and keep pace of it, you will
lose your track. Only those who take these factors into account, foresee
the changes and take reasonable steps to cope with it
can finally succeed.
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Summary: How to due with changes?
Review: Changes cause uncertainties, and that's why people dislike changes. But we must bear in mind one thing: Changes are unavoidable. The author well designed four characters to represent four kinds of attitude towards changes. And he gives us some hints on how to due with changes and the attitude that we should have when changes happen. You will find yourself in the book!
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Summary: My cheese was molded
Review: What a cute and simplistic way of looking at life! I have been depressed for a very long time. I am going through a long, drawn out legal/custody battle over my 3 children, my mother in law handed this book to me and asked me to read it. I found it very funny, easy to understand and very relatable to my situation. The only advice I have is to not read too much into it and don't expect a magic wand to be waved. I have also gone to the website: ... Very interesting.
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Summary: Hey! Anyone seen were my blue cheese went to?
Review: Haw said, "Sometimes, Hem, things change and they are never the same again. This looks like on of those times. That's life! Life moves on. And so should we." - page 45 Overview:
This is a simple story about two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two small humans, Hem and Haw, who live in a maze and enjoy nothing more than to eat cheese! Having cheese makes them happy! They have worked long and hard to find their cheese and they thought that this is it! One day however the cheese was gone! Things had changed. Now what should we do? This simple story is about our ever changing life and our ability to change and adapt in order to find even greater happiness or as the book calls - the New Cheese. This story reminds us that the one thing you can be certain of is that life changes and so should we if we are to be happy. Our jobs change, relationships change, finances, etc. The sooner we accept this fact, the sooner we can move on and the greater chance we have of our finding even better new cheese. Sitting around and bemoaning bygone days of perceived endless days of cheese will not get us anywhere. We need to adapt and change our limiting fears and beliefs and begin searching for even greater sources of happiness or as the book calls it , the new cheese. Old beliefs will not get lead you to new cheese. The Main Lessons in this book are as follows: Change Happens - They keep moving the cheese
Anticipate Change - Get ready for the cheese to move
Monitor Change - Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old
Adapt to Change Quickly - The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you can enjoy new cheese
Change - Move with the cheese
Enjoy Change - Savor the adventure and enjoy the taste of new cheese!
Be Ready to Change Quickly and Enjoy it Again - They keep moving the cheese. So enjoy the good read and have some fun looking for your new cheese! Oh, by the way, have you seen were my blue cheese went to? Pros: Very easy to read and remember its principles that can be readily applied to our lives. Rather than provide us with a step-by-step recipe on how to change, the book embeds how to overcame your fears and limiting beliefs in order to search for the new cheese. Cons: none that I can think of.
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Summary: A short but profound book
Review: My first thought when I received this book was... Wow, it's short, as it is under 100 pages and written in a larger typefont. After reading the prologue and the lead in, I quickly got jaded.
There was a lot of selling going on. However, once I read the story, about Sniff, Scurry and Hem and Haw, I found it struck a chord. Having graduated High school in the 70s, and worked through one recession and now headed into another, I can see a parallel on how people manage their lives.
Some roll with the punches, "Sniff and Scurry", some make the best of them "Haw" and some go under "Hem". This simple story has a message of how to deal with imposed change. It's simplicity is its beauty. Though there is a lot of hype at the beginning and some at the end, the story itself is inspired.
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Summary: Postive learning (self help)
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It teaches you how to deal with changes going on in your life. And how to look at change in a postive way. It's not your every day "self help" book. It's very easy to understand. I think most people will enjoy it.
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