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Summary: Cheese!
Review: My boss handed me this book and said, "got 30 minutes?" I did have 30 minutes and I did read it. There was no pressure by him, just a gesture. Am I glad that I read it! The next day we talked about it... although it is nothing that changed my life over night, I have thought a lot about "my cheese" and some aspects of my life that I may be not paying attention to. In some ways, I identified with each character. I really liked the simple story and at the time I just read it as "the story," but I have come away with quite a bit of thought about the book. Hmmmm... isn't that a sign of a good book? I think so.
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Summary: Not a whole lot of cheese here
Review: This book is probably helpful for a simpleton, but if you've got more than a 6th grade education I'd advise something a little more meaty. Like maybe a leg of lamb. A much better book on career decisions is Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I feel this book is excellent. I saw myself as "Haw." There are so many negative reviews because (1) simplicity. I count the simplicity a plus. If the author had chosen a more complex writing language or style still, like most of these online reviewers, the author's point would have been missed completely. (If you don't get it in the simpliest form, you can't get it in a more thought provoking complex form.) This book, though simple, carries a powerful message. It's not about accepting change for change sake or because it is thrust upon you. It is about analyzing the goals you have for your life, how it fits within your present life or employment situations, evaluating where you are in life as well as making the necessary change in your life to fulfill your happiness. Yeah, the characters are child like. However, this book's basic foundation is taking a deep truthful look at one's life situations, make decisions, then act upon those decisions. I advise anyone to get a copy of this book and make your own decisions. You may still come away with the same negative feelings. But I will have to say, like most of these reviewers, you will be the charater "Hem." Hemmed into a box fearing to think, reasoned and respond differently to information presented in a totally simple child-like story format.
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Summary: Insipid Book Only a Corporate Manager Could Love
Review: Several people I know have been given this book by the companies they work for. Fortunately, I work for a small firm where the managers are also active employees. They don't do "management" type things that must be taught in MBA programs. So I borrowed the book and read it and would now like to get the time back that I wasted doing so. This book is incredibly simple, offering slogans rather than any new ideas, and it makes assumptions that all people are alike. Not only should you not read the book, if your company gives it to you, you should probably begin looking for a new job.
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Summary: Nice parable, but I've heard this advice a hundred times
Review: A bunch of classmates gather 'round to tell stories of how their lives and business ventures turned out years after graduation. What ensues is an entertaining story (I'll admit it) about mice and "littlepeople" with a moral that can be summed up very easily: 1) once you attain a certain plateau in life, you'll probably get lazy; 2) human nature is to strive for a comfort zone, and thus, resist change; 3) nothing in life is static, so pay attention to new trends; and 4) don't be afraid to seek a new and better situation with every opportunity.Yes, I'm one of those who was handed "Who Moved My Cheese?" at a recent staff meeting, and I couldn't help but think that the authors' sole objective was to market a book that would be bought in large quantities by every Human Resources department in the world. Turn to the back, and you'll find a form for ordering more copies. Borrow one; it's overpriced. If you're involved in a relationship (work-related or otherwise) and are unaware of feeling complacent or stifled, this book may very well be a revelation, and compel you to rave to all your friends. If you're a good critical thinker with any common sense at all, you'll finish, and say "okay, so then what?"
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Summary: Very simplistic
Review: I had heard that this book contained some great insight about the need for change. Instead, what I ofund was a simple and inane fairy tale that didn't really tell me anything I did not already know. Steer clear of this one.
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Summary: Cheese sandwich
Review: This ponderous, pretentious collection of dime-store wisdom is enough to prompt the question, on what day did the Lord create "Who Moved My Cheese?", and couldn't he have rested on that day, too?
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Summary: Wake up and smell the Coffee!
Review: Upon opening the pages of this slim volume I began to reveal the mystery of management and the details of interacting within core groups at work. In essense the four main characters are easlty recognized in the workplace and will be manifested in your fellow employees. The book is easy to follow but one that may be hard to actually put into play if your staff is unwilling to think outside the box. All too often those that read it will point to those around them as the "hems" and "haws" without realizing that several of their fingers are pointing back at themseles. It's not very profound reading; more so a staight foreward guidebook to becoming proactive instead of reactive. I recommend this work to new managers and old managers alike.
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Summary: Small Pricey book, Small Cheap Advice
Review: I can't believe this book has become the hit that it has. It is an oversimplified manual on how to deal with change in the workplace. The author ASSUMES that your problem is having become complacent and arrogant... feeling that the world owes you something. An assumption that is not always correct! Take a minute, think about your situation and how you could have seen it coming, and the best way to move on. There, now you've gotten the whole gist of the book... without paying for it! My boss laid these on several people's desks... maybe that should tell you something.
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Summary: "Very" simple reading ...
Review: This is an example of the type of books that make bestsellers today: very simple reading for people that not only do not have the time for profound reading but do not have the ability for profound reading. It is very sad. The final message is nice, though, even if it is so obvious. I guess Dr. Johnson knows who are his target readers.
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