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Summary: Quite Fromaged that I even read this
Review: One of our top company executives thought that this book was good enough to pass along a copy to all of our company employees (which is quite common around the country these days, hence the placement of this repulsive title on the 'Best Sellers' list). I was shocked and amazed that this simplistic and demeaning book was deemed a good idea by anyone. It comes across as little more than upper management propaganda, and a tool to soften the blows of bad management decisions. I say, question exactly *who* moved the cheese and *why* at every opportunity you get. If the answers aren't exeptable, break free of the maze and storm the dairy demanding accountability from the cheese makers and movers!
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Summary: Who Moved My Cheese?
Review: Who Moved My Cheese is a book about how different people react to change in their life. There are four characters in the book. Two of the characters are mice named Sniff and Scurry. The other two characters, Hem and Haw are little people the size of mice. The four charactors are in a giant maze. Running through the maze, Hem, Haw, Sniff, and Scurry look for big blocks of cheese to eat. The cheese is located in cheese stations hidden in the maze. Every morning, the characters wake up and go out into the maze to look for cheese. The cheese symbolizes whatever the reader would like it to be. The cheese could represent whatever is important, such as your job, your house,or your money. As old cheese is used up, the charactors react differently concerning what action they should take next. Sniff and Scurry are constantly watching the changes in the cheese day by day. They know one day the cheese will be gone and they are prepared to go out and look for new cheese. Hem and Haw, like many people, don't notice any changes in the cheese. They think that the cheese will always be there. One day, when Hem and Haw go to eat some cheese, it is all gone. Instead of moving on with their life, like Sniff and Scurry, they sit there feeling sorry for themselves asking why did this bad thing happen to them. While they are complaining, Sniff and Scurry are busy trying to find new cheese. Running through the maze in new areas, Sniff and Scurry finally find new cheese. After a few days, Haw can't take not eating anymore. He decides to go out into the maze and try to find new cheese. Hem doesn't want to go and hopes that the old cheese will come back. Haw leaves and goes out to look for new cheese. As Haw runs through the maze, he writes his thoughts on the wall. After searching for many days, Haw finally finds a new cheese station. It has more cheese than Haw had ever seen in his life. After a few weeks, Haw hears a noise around the corner. It is Hem. Hem finally realized that things had changed and he had no choice but to go out and find new cheese. Hem found his way through the maze by following Haw's messages that he had written on the wall. This story is a good reminder that life has many changes. Some people expect change and adjust with it, while other people try to hold on to the way things used to be.
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Summary: Who Moved My Cheese?
Review: Who Moved My Cheese is a book about how different people react to change in their life. There are four charactors in the book. Two of the charactors are mice named Sniff and Scurry. The other two charactors, Hem and Haw are little people the size of mice. The four charactors are in a giant maze. Running through the maze, Hem, Haw, Sniff, and Scurry look for big blocks of cheese to eat. The cheese is located in cheese stations hiddon in the maze. Every morning, the charactors wake up and go out into the maze to look for cheese. The cheese symbolizes whatever the reader would like it to be. The cheese could represent whatever is important, such as your job, your house,or your money. As old cheese is used up, the charactors react differently concerning what action they should take next. Sniff and Scurry are constantly watch the changes in the cheese day by day. They know one day the cheese will be gone and they are prepared to go out and look for new cheese. Hem and Haw, like many people, don't notice any changes in the cheese. They think that the cheese will always be there. One day, when Hem and Haw go to eat some cheese, it is all gone. Instead of moving on with there life, like Sniff and Scurry, they sit there feeling sorry for themselves asking why did this bad thing happen to them. While they are complaining, Sniff and Scurry are busy trying to find new cheese. Running through the maze in new areas, Sniff and Scurry finally find new cheese. After a few days,Haw can't take not eating anymore.He decides to go out into the maze and try to find new cheese. Hem doesn't want to go and hopes that the old cheese will come back. Haw leaves and goes out to look for new cheese. As Haw runs through the maze,he writes his thoughts on the wall. After searching for many days, Haw finally finds a new cheese station. It has more cheese than Haw had ever seen in his life. After a few weeks, Haw hears a noise around the corner. It is Hem. He finally realized that things had changed and he had no choice but go out and find new cheese. Hem found his way throgh the maze by following Haw's messages that he had written on the wall. This story is a good reminder that life has many changes. Some people expect change and adjust with it, while other people try to hold on to the way things used to be.
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Summary: 45 Minutes of Your Life You'll Never Have Back
Review: This book is complete tripe. It was required reading for my office because my boss went to a seminar where 1/2 the people there said it "changed their life". If you want a book that will "change your life", try reading the works of John Stuart Mill or Nietszche. Read the works of Jalaluddin Rumi. Or try reading The Qu'ran, The Torah, The Bible, or The Baghavad Gita. Or even better, read _The Star-Bellied Sneetches_ by Dr. Seuss. The message is infinitely wiser and the book won't insult your intelligence.
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Summary: Some People can't see the Cheese in front of their faces...
Review: ...and others think it smells bad. I enjoy this book and the way it non-judgementally illustrates the different ways people adapt to change. Yes, it seems obvious when it's over, but was it before you read it? We all have our own viewpoints and our own comfort levels, and most people will not talk about them. The most resistant people get defensive, and more stubborn. Those who do not like changes will probably not like this book either. By introducing us to the mice and the little people, Johnson gives us a "comfortable" way to discuss a difficult subject. If an employer gave this to me and my collegues, I would wonder what was going to change, but I would also be greatful that my employer wanted to give us the best chance at adjusting to that change. I deal with people in transition, and I give each of my clients a copy of this book with hopes that they will share it with their staffs. Yes, it may be obvious, but no one yet has put together a better vehicle to introduce change into the workplace or home. Remember, this book didn't create change. Change is with us whether we like it or not. Who Moved My Cheese only serves as a beginning point to discuss the changes that must occur.
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Summary: The message was received - over 380 reviewers can't be wrong
Review: What a delightful Sunday afternoon. First, I shared this book with my "bride" of twenty years. Then I checked onto my favorite web site to share my new found joy with potential readers. To my utter amazement, there were over 380 reviews to date. Even more amazing was that there seems to be very little middle ground here. You are either a sanctimonious, pious, jaded, over stressed, "been to too many seminars" person or are like us: simplistic, sheep-like, gullible, idiotic, misled, etc.... But the most amazing thing about this short story is that people are talking about it. There are probably more words written in the reviews than in the whole book. And in the end analysis, no matter what the story that inspires the phenomenem, it is still a new part of our culture that will be remembered long after we have forgotten the critics that would keep others from a few hours of enjoyment. I too have been through many changes in my life. I have been downsized by a cruel and heartless organization, fired on the front page of the local newspaper, and manipulated by evil bosses ... but that hasn't kept me from growing to be so jaded that I can't enjoy a nice little story about not giving in. Actually, I am glad that there are cynics in the world. It makes it so much easier to stay positive while I enjoy the cheese that they walk by every day compaining about whatever it is that bothers them today. Read the book. Even if you hate it you will be able to claim your legitimate place in the discussion.
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Summary: the ready for change..
Review: I am 15 years old now. And I am living in Korean. (So my English is poor. Please understand for me ^^;;) In my country, I read 'Who moved my cheese?' and now, I like it very much. It helped me to ready for change, and not to give up. As a result, I am happy now. A week ago, maybe I was afraid of chage. And at that time, god gives me this book. According this book, my life began to chage. I could find pleasure in everything and I was not afraid of chage more. How about you? Do you hate change? If you read this book, you will feel better. ^^
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Summary: Not for leaders !
Review: This book is for the kind of people who might need a push in order to change. If you're one of these, this book will definetely help you, is very imaginative and easy to understand and read. However, if you consider yorself a leader, it won't be of much help; since you might find the story rather silly and the examples given by the author a little too superficial and with no real "cheese."
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Summary: A book worth burning
Review: I don't wan't to get into a bitter arrugment about how much I hated this book--I think the previous bad reviews sum up my feeling quite accurately. I would like, however, to suggest to those managers and corporate elite that are giving out pink slips and such to replace the cheese book with Dr. Suess's "The Places You'll Go" book. It may be considered a kids book, but the message within is much more inspiring than the cheese book. If I were to receive Dr. Suess's book with marching orders, I'd probably kiss the boss, and march off to great new places "where boom bands are playing." If I were to be given the cheese book, I'd probaby huddle down in my cubicle and wish for a quick and timely death. You (employer) may not think the cheese book so bad, but consider this, a lot of people do. If you give this book out in hopes to boost moral, you're playing with dynamite.
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Summary: Is this Real Cheese or What?
Review: As an educator, I was assigned this "cheesy" book to read for "professional growth." Just having "changed" schools, by force, I would say, "Okay, you moved my cheese, but do I have to eat it, too?" While the story frame intrigued my at first, the whole gimmick (and that's what the marketing strategy is) of Hem and Haw versus Sniff and Scurry is even too much for my 6th grade students to swallow. The puns are cute, the message is old, and who doesn't hear from the water cooler that change is best. In the education business, change is all the rage. Every 5 -7 years there is a cycle of change, especially in the humanities. As an Language Arts teacher, strategies that were once thought to be "out-of-this-world" are now seen as ordinary. The writing industry has shown us that there is an audience for just about anyone's ideas, no matter how trite, obvious and just plain "dah" they seem to be. The question is does Corporate America want to buy into this "cheese" business as well as the education field or is Spencer Johnson the next messiah or should I say "Hem" savior? Move on over cheese and give me a break.
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