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Summary: Bite the bullet.
Review: Think of a children's story about mice in a maze trying to find cheese, that is the plot of the story, the voice, gesticulation, tone and music are even similar to that of a children's story. Of course the lesson to be taken from the story has to do with accepting change, the ability to deal with unfamiliar things in the workplace (or even our lives) that make us uncomfortable. This is a real touchy-feely, warm and snuggly approach to some very difficult and real problems. In my office the saying Who Moved My Cheese has become somewhat of a morbid joke due to the fact that whenever an employee of late has raised a problem or concern to managment he or she has been told that "things change, change is good, you need to learn to accept the new order" or some variation so similar it seems to be a fill-in-the-blank type statement. The 2nd part of managment's approach to the problem (real or imagined) raised by the employee is to suggest he/she read or listen to Who Moved My !Cheese. The idea of a one size fits all cure is a joke! Suggesting that listening to this tape will help one with what bothers you is as sincere as Billy Crystal telling you that you look marvelous! My co-workers have adopted the saying as a sick joke...upset because you got a parking ticket, mad because you were passed over for that raise that some slacker got, pissed that your kids never listen to you...all you need is some guy in a child like tone of voice telling you this story to make you see the light...the world does not revolve around you, you must bite the bullet and accept the lot you have drawn to make everything better...yeah right! I am sorry but I will never live my life that way, I think it is safe to say that if any of the risk takers and boat rockers in history had taken the advice of this story we'd all be doomed.
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Summary: Helping understand Change
Review: My company, like so many these days , is going through change. We all went through a 6 hour seminar on "who moved my cheese" and I feel it helps us understand the changes we meet and know"who " we are so as to adapt to what we need to do to handle the change in the best way possible
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Summary: Stop, please... stop!
Review: I can't take anymore of this ponderous self-help parable. I'd love to have so simple a life that can be "saved" by these childish notions of adapting to change. Anyone who changes as a result of this overt and pedantic fairytale didn't have much trouble in their lives to begin with.Now that the rant is out of my system, the more compelling argument to pass on this book is the low level of change or skill transfer possible from something so pedantic. People don't learn life lessons from a simple fairytale like this one. People learn life lessons by taking a theory and actually transplanting it into their lives, then getting lots of feedback to motivate continued change. Johnson might get a lot of people to his workshops because they first read this book; but if you really want to change, skip the book, save the ..., and use the money toward a career coach, counselor, or therapist who will actually give you the ongoing reinforcement and feedback to cement the effects of change.d the inevitable "mouse" mats).
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Summary: What is this?
Review: As other reviewers have noted, this is merely a modern fairy tale for your modern workplace - nothing here except another empty best seller to fill the void between chatting with your freinds and playing online golf at work. How this book is supposed to help those who are "stuck" in their job is beyond me, motivation couldn't come from this paperback fluff - especially if you are not already prepared. And if you are already there, then spend your money on a book which actually helps you get where you want to go, like "What Color is Your Parachute?" Yeah, this little thing is short, but why waste your money? This book's cost of $12 is hardly justified, either. I couldn't believe the list price of $19.95, at least they dropped it down some. Anyways, I've ranted enough, but please don't buy into the hype - I read another person's copy just to see what it was all about, and was truly disappointed that this had become such a bestseller.
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Summary: Who Moved My Cheese? Even the title is a joke
Review: I read this book with an OPEN MIND, and after spending 20 bucks and reading this piece of trite garbage in half and hour, I felt like an idiot, no like someone who needs help changing. Sniff and Scurry are little mice, and Hem and Haw are two little people who are searching for cheese in a giant maze. It is supposed to teach us about how change is good, and how to cope with change, but it comes off as stupid. For a self-help book, you can't get anymore lame than this. You need help with change, huh? Start by removing this book from your shopping cart. There is no redeeming value here.
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Summary: Drivellll, complete bore this guy should be punished
Review: More utter drivel from an other bs artist. This book has reccomendations for doing things in your life that "up your sales" and avoiding "ruts" and repeated behaviors that you feel should [who feels this way] yield results when the game has changed....Its like the guy is a classic "master of the obvious" Save yourself some money.. don't buy this patronizing essay designed for managers who want to simply dull and blunt the brains of thier inferiors...sure to be a best seller at business schools for that exact reason...n don't think...thats what otehrs do....read Winning through Intimidation by Ringer instead....Real Politique still rules the world....
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Summary: A must read
Review: For anyone who is going through any kind of transition in their life. You owe it to yourself to get this book.
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Summary: Good for Those Who Want to Get It
Review: I was asked to read this book at work and found the book's message to be powerful and to the point (even if the delivery was a bit to simplistic). I feel this book will be an eye opener to those who just go through their daily grind and are too nervous to make the changes that will improve their quality of life. The Hems out there (and it seems manys Hems reviewed this book for Amazon) just won't want to accept the message and therefore disregard it.
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Summary: A parable that rings as true as a plastic bell
Review: This book attempts to be a metaphor for understanding and embracing change, which it attempts to illustrate using an invented story of some little creatures who have a handy supply of cheese that - guess what - gets moved. Some of the creatures move on in search of new cheese, some keep coming back in the forlorn hope that the cheese will reappear. I'm sure you get the picture, and the point. It can be summed up in a sentence and I'm afraid that plodding through this book does little to enhance the point.Metaphors can be powerful tools for illustrating great truths and teachings - just think of the parables and myths in the world's great religions. And maybe the author has hit on a metaphor that works for a lot of people, judging by the sales figures. But after forking out a hefty $19.95 and reading the book in the half hour between fasten seat belts and the meal service, I was left feeling a mixture of disappointment, outrage and bafflement. Disappointment because I had been told that this was a wonderful, moving tale. Different strokes for different folks, but I've felt more touched and involved by weather forecasts. At no point did any of this book connect with me. In fact, the attempted metaphor is so embarrassingly clunky and transparently contrived that I ended up feeling outrage. What I now feel is bewilderment. There are loads of huge media successes that I may not like - Springer, the Die Hard movies, Gangsta Rap etc - but I can imagine what people get out of them. They are tongue-in-cheek, hammed up gut-level stuff. Whereas "Who Moved my Cheese" is ponderous, tedious, moralising and rings as true as a plastic bell. I hesitate to say that it's the worst book I've ever read, but I can't think of any worse. Still, at least it's short. Try comparing it with "The man who planted trees" by Jean Giono.
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Summary: WHO MOVED....MY WHAT?
Review: You could read this book in the time it takes you to eat your lunch, and still have time left over for that second cup of coffee. Simplistic, you say? That would be an understatement. This is more like a Grimm's fairytale for grown ups. Then we run across Sniff and Scurry, Hem and Haw? Now what does that tell you about the book? The only characters missing are "the cat and the fiddle" and "the cow who jumped over the moon." If this book (all 94 pages of it) has, indeed, helped save marriages, businesses, health and careers, we are destined to put a lot of marriage counsellors, business consultants and health care practitioners right out of business! How is that for adjusting to change?
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