Rating: Summary: Amazing - One of it's kind Review: My Boss happened to gift this book to one of my Collegue who was making a major transition in his life.Out of mere curiosity I picked up this book from my Collegue.....The book is fascinating....The contents actually make you think! ...Hats off to Mr Johnson for another masterpiece.
Rating: Summary: A Jewel! Review: Limited number of pages opens up your eyes to unlimited possibilities.... that's amazing! Reading the book is no problem at all. 94 pages can be read in an hour! But the lesson that is to be learned is invaluable. The book tells a very short story but I can't describe how well written the book is.Read the book, share it and enjoy it. I recommend it to everyone of all ages.
Rating: Summary: For once a book that gets it's point across as easy as 1-2-3 Review: The reason why I bought this book was because of all the changes I am dealing with. A move to a new city, new country, recently married, leaving family and friends behind and looking for new employment. Boy, has someone moved my cheese! I can see bits of myself in every one of these characters. Even though I usually handle change quite well I was having trouble with these changes happening all at once. I have only read the book once so far and I plan on making notes that will help me. I truly believe that I will be able to pull out the strength I need to get through the changes in my life. This is one book that I will be recommending to all my family and friends. I can see how this would be a very productive tool in business. As a former small business owner I can see that this would be a very powerful tool in the business world. My only wish is that people open their minds to the simplicity of this book and embrace the concept.
Rating: Summary: Change your life in an hour! Review: I read this book in one hour! It is only 94 pages! The profound principles in this book were depicted in the most simple way. This quick read will cause any reader to look within and relate to one of the four characters. I would recommend that anyone who is dealing with change or has to make important decisions, stop and read this book first. It is lifechanging!
Rating: Summary: who moved my cheese Review: Excellent, fast paced book about change in anyones life. Digested in less than an hour, it provides insight to how change can move or stagate humans. The story is great, short and to the point. Read it if you have trouble dealing with change. Read it if you anticipate making a change in your life. Get the scoop on how to adapt to change.
Rating: Summary: duh Review: The upside is that the book could be read cover to cover in 20 minutes. It's dismaying to think, however, that many people would find revelation in it. For people who've never had a sincere reflective moment and don't realize the danger of getting caught up in shallow dreams or complacency, then the book has value. What makes me shudder is to think that many people have lived such unreflective lives!
Rating: Summary: Who Moved My Cheese Review: Strange question. However, there's a good answer. Who Moved My Cheese is one of those rare little books that you can read in an hour, and change your life for the better. By Spencer Johnson (remember the One Minute Manager?), this is a charming little parable about life in a maze, and what happens to four archetypal characters when their large stash of cheese is (apparently) suddenly gone. Some sniff around for new opportunities. Some scurry after those opportunities. Some hem and haw, rooted by fear and unable to move, and some learn to laugh at their fears and go looking for New Cheese. Sounds corny, maybe. But like Aesop and other great Teachers, great truths can often be related in simple-sounding fables and parables. I've had somebody "move my cheese" recently - and rather dramatically. Life has turned upside down; and believe me, that's neither fun nor confidence-building. It's scary as hell, and it hurts more than you can imagine. Life is not guaranteed - neither is a job, or income, or clients ... in fact, you might say the only guarantees life offers is that change will happen, and that life is finite. You can adapt to change - or even embrace it - or you can resist change. Either way, your life will run it's course. Will you be happy and successful by resisting change? Or will you be happy and successful by adapting to - or even embracing - change? This book can help your career, your business, your family life and your personal outlook. It won't stop change, or even slow it down (it may, in fact, speed it up - by making you an agent of change). But it will help you not only weather the storms, but learn how to surf the tidal waves. I've just read it, out loud, with my wife (we took turns to keep our voices going <g>). It took about an hour - and that was one of the best-spent hours I can imagine. I started that hour weighted down with fear - fear of change, and that great unknown that lurks just the other side of change. I ended that hour energized, eager to try new things, to reach out - and to start that by sharing this with you. So what are you waiting for? All the best ... (starting with this great little book) Ned Barnett
Rating: Summary: MUST....BUY....THIS....BOOK! Review: If it's the last thing you do, buy this book. it uses an adorable story of two little mice and two drwaves, hem and haw. In their comical adventure, they lean how to deal with change to keep ahead. If all you get from the book is a sentence, get this one: 'What would you do if you weren't Afraid?' Go after your cheese! Buy this book!
Rating: Summary: Lowest common denominator Review: I didn't like this book, I think it tries to appeal to everyone, which is not really democratic but in a sense pretentious. It's like the author is saying " look, I can write a book about success in whatever arena, and have it accepted by everyone." I believe self-help books appeal not to people especially seeking self knowledge, but to people looking for ways to promote themselves. This book is a capitalistic device to reinforce the idea of the American Dream.
Rating: Summary: The Cheese is No Panacea, But a Worthwhile Read. Review: Okay, so I've read "Cheese" as we call it in professional development circles. I felt it was a catalyst spurring the reader to look beyond what is in front of you. Shaking up your paradigm. Remember that word? I've read many reviews of the offended who felt that it fell short as a reference book. What did they expect? I'm not sure they grokked the intent of the author. If I might assume for a moment, Johnson only meant for us to shake out the cobwebs and get us pointing in a new direction. The book does that handily, and simply. For those of you who felt offended by the "3rd grade reader" flow of the story, think about what we are told when we present new material to the masses. Keep it simple...nothing beyond 8th grade level. I'm afraid the author was on the mark with this one, I don't think anyone could have misinterpreted his point! I'll be looking for the sequel, "Blue Cheese...Once Lost, Now Found!"
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