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Summary: Gourmet Cheese
Review: A very concise but amusing description of the basic personality types you run across in the corporate world. There are concepts in the book that you use every day but never put them into words. The majority of people who read this short book will easily be able to identify themselves and see how they can possibly adapt to the ever-changing work environment. This isn't your father's business world any more!!!
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Summary: An Easy Read that Teaches Too
Review: At first, I was skeptical, I admit. I'm only a teen and my mother was given this book for work and my parents wanted me tor ead this book. A book called Who Moved My Cheese? Right. Well, I read it, and here is what I think:First, a brief synopsis. The story opens with a group of peole at a post reunion dinner discussing change, and one launches into the story. The story is about mice Sniff and Scurry and little-people Hem and Haw all live in a maze and have to find cheese. Whereas Sniff and Scurry are always rushing and looking, Hem and Haw begin to take their cheese for granted once they find it, and when it runs out are extremely angry. While Sniff and Scurry go looking for more, Hem adn Haw waste precious time analyzing the situation, and gradually learn what they must do to survive and find new cheese. This is a story about change, obviously, and how to adapt to it. It really was interesting to realize that the people I know really do resemble Hem and Haw in many ways, and that we should be better prepared for change. Whether or not you agree with things in the book is not really an issue because it makes you think. I believe that I came away with a deeper understanding of my actions in the face of change after reading this book, and believe it could help anyone who faced change, not just in business. I recommend it as a light read, not to be taken too seriously, but as a thing to be considered, because it does bring up valid points.
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Summary: "Cheesy" Reminders
Review: True this is written so a child could read it. True the examples are rather simplistic. It's a parable folks. And while there is nothing hugely revolutionary about the book, what it does provide are reminders on how to embrace change and follow the cheese (change), or become immobilized by fear and, thus, stagnant. The two main characters, Hem and Haw, really drive the point home of how we should all try to be. We all know we are supposed to be more like Haw, but isn't funny how easy it is to get comfortable with our life, our work and how angry or fearful we can become when change occurs? Through Hem - and there a lot of Hem's in the world - you realize how utterly ridiculous it is to not work with change, roll with the punches and go with the flow. No matter where you are you will experience change -- that is the only constant we can expect. So learn how to cope with it, manage it and learn from it.
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Summary: COMMON LESSONS THAT AT TIMES WE FORGET
Review: It's a simple way of reminding us about how simple life could be or how we make it more complex than it should. This is a book that doesn't take long to read and is written in a simple language, so anyone can read it. The lessons can be applied throughout our lifes. Many times we take things for granted, while our environment constantly changes, and if you don't, you'll be left behind. As humans, we can make mistakes, but also we have the power not only to correct the changes, but also to learn from them.
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Summary: Very good! Highly recommended to Employers.
Review: As a business man, I have found this book very useful. I'm a CEO of a Manufacturing Company, and I didn't hesitate to give a copy of the book to all my employees. In a very simple way, you can help people to deal with change, and as I have experienced, the book helped them to increase their motivation.
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Summary: It's a parable!
Review: This tape will not save the world. Nor will it ruin the world (it is not a formula for social control). The core story is about change, how one views change, and how one copes with change-- or does not. The story is narrated by Tony Roberts whose apt voice characterizations just cracked me up! You may take away from this as much or as little as you wish to. I suspect that much depends on one's own individual context. Those savagely critical of the story remind me of the character Hem, locked within himself. Of course it's simplistic! It's a parable, for heaven's sake! No pun intended. The story stands by itself, and for me, it has value. It won't change my life, or save mankind, but it stimulated some useful self-examination. I found the blatantly self-promoting message at the beginning of the tape, as well as the contrived dialogue of friends discussing the story, contrived and annoying (hence four stars). But you can FF through that. If you are faced with change, in any context, this is worth a listen.
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Summary: Who priced this book?
Review: Retail for this nursery rhyme is around $.... Give me strength. It's a nice motivational piece that you can read in an hour, but my advice is to let somebody else pay for it as I did.
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Summary: Why Hem and Haw? Let's find the cheese!
Review: A friend handed me this book while I was bemoaning the world changing around me. What an eye opener in the most simplistic parable! Four characters show us how we deal with dreaded change. We can Hem and Haw and be stuck in a rut. Or we can Sniff out and Scurry to find the good (the cheese) that is just waiting for us. It's all a matter of perspective! Me, I was Hemmed in my little hole complaining about change -- this book made me laugh and see the humor in my situation. I put on my running shoes and now I am looking for my new cheese.
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Summary: "And To Think, All Those Poor Trees Died In Vain"
Review: In the game show of life, "Who Moved My Cheese?" is Corporate America's final answer to the lovely parting gift. Spencer Johnson's book is the literary equivalent of giving an amputee victim a band-aid for his boo-boo. Although a short book, a resourceful reader has 96 chances to slit his or her wrists by way of the vicious paper cut. And now, for my top ten list of more appropriate book titles: #10 "Don't Take It Personally, Thousands Of People Get Fired Everyday" #9 "It's Never Easy Letting Valuable Employees Such As Yourself Go, Bill, I mean, Bob" #8 "Cheer Up! Nobody Here Liked You Anyway" #7 "Let Me Say Once Again, The Shareholders Really Appreciate This" #6 "Hey, You Can Sleep In Now" #5 "Think Of It This Way: You're Now In A Lower Tax Bracket" #4 "It's Not Like You Lost Your Job...Okay, So You Lost Your Job" #3 "Look On The Bright Side- You're Helping Someone Less Fortunate In A Third World Country" #2 "At Least You've Still Got Your Health (Minus The Ulcer, Of Course)" And my #1 title: "It Could Be Worse, It Could Be Me!" One last thing, if for some reason you are the recipient of this book, don't line the bird cage with its pages (that would be redundant) and don't slit your wrists with them (you're better than that). Instead. use them for kindling or put them in a shredder and make confetti!
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Summary: Nice Idea, Poor Execution
Review: Story telling, metaphors or parables are all powerful ways to convey a message. To do this effectively the author of such a work needs to be precise with the detail and structure of their tale. This ensures the reader gets the desired message. Unfortunately this is one the areas where this book fails. It appears to want to cover all aspects of change, which dilutes the message it's trying to convey. We should 'enjoy change' we are told, but I always find it hard to enjoy changes such the loss of a loved one, job redundancy or injury from an accident, and such platitudes get a bit demeaning after awhile. You can't make change positive, just by looking at it differently - quite a stupid concept actually. It's not until the high school reunion discussion reviewed the story that it became obvious what the 'cheese' was to me (maybe because I was so annoyed as I read it). If the author needs such a fabricated discussion to explain his message then he's failed in my view, the story should stand on it's own. Obviously this book speaks to some readers but if you've delved at all into change management before, you'll find this disappointing. Although it might make you so angry it could motivate you to write your own self-help book - and thats not a bad thing.
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