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Summary: Pass the Cheese Please
Review: Yes, this book can be summarized in one sentence, but that does not make it any less powerful or useful. Read the story, see yourself in it and allow that to change your thinking. Anyone can move your cheese (aka: cause drastic change in your life), God, your family, your boss, anyone and you must learn to adapt and you might as well try to enjoy yourself. Those who admit to not liking this book probably didn't read the foreword/prologue, "The story behind the story" by Dr. Blanchard, at the beginning of the book. I'll admit this story is overpriced, and commercialized (teen version, child version, workbook, calendar, etc.), but it is also brilliant writing about how we overcomplicate and overanalize our lives, which is proven by the other reviewers who are angry at how simple the story is. Before I read this book I was given a piece of advice I would like to pass along, "Don't let this insult your intelligence." Yes it actually seems to be explaining a simple concept to a child with a story, but there is so much more to be found.
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Summary: Obvious truths packaged in a condescending manner
Review: The phenomenon of "Who Moved My Cheese?" is amazing to me. This slender book -- not even a hundred pages in length -- has rocked the nation with its simplistic story. Why is it so popular?Part of the reason, I think, is that many people are extremely disempowered in their jobs, but instead of trying to find something that satisfies them, they cling to what is familiar and they fear change. This book is about the fact that things DO change, and it points out that those who are successful are people who are NOT afraid of change. So, the basic lesson is to embrace change as a fact of life. It's a fine lesson, but it is kind of funny that so many people have needed this childish story to teach it to them. If you are interested in a book on workplace success that speaks to you like an adult who can handle some rough truths, try my own book, "The Rules of Ruthlessness: Getting Ahead in Business When Being Good Isn't Good Enough." I don't take a simple lesson and drag it out over 95 pages. I came up with 100 lessons -- each of them different -- and wrote a page about each one. You get 100 times the insight. You can buy the book here on Amazon.com. For more information, see www.ruthlessness.com.
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Summary: Options for dealing with change
Review: The story of how mice deal with change shows you the various options available to all of us. You will know people who react in these ways. I loved this book. Another brilliant book that cut to the chase for me is Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self. Optimal Thinking is the mental resource to MAKE THE MOST of change, and be a person who makes the most of every situation.
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Summary: Very good book!
Review: This is actually a very good book if you truly understand the message. We can all think of many instances where we are like Hem in the story. Change is often painful and difficult but the only thing that separates people who are truly happy and people who are not is their ability to deal with change. This story illustrates this difference very nicely. It also provides a bit of an illustration of the emotional process involved when dealing with change. If you want to learn more about dealing with change and the emotional process involved, read "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. It provides a thorough explanation of this using contemporary research in Psychology (and it's really easy to understand, not very technical). Both this book and Sato's book are highly recommended!
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Summary: A simple book with great message
Review: Change occures in every sphere of life. Old order always gives way to the new and change is the only eternal element in life. Many a lives have been wasted because they either refused to acknowledge the change happening around them or simply could not adjust to the change. Thus adjusting to change is a simple truth which many fail or refuse to understand. This amazingly simple and small book named "Who Moved My Cheese" provides the easy understanding of change and how people react to it. As you read through it, you instantly relate to the story as one or the other character out of four characters used in the book. As you read through in an hour or so, a great truth of life that the change is eternal, is simplified to the extent that it just unflods in a manner which is easy to understand. After you finish it, two things happen, one you learn some thing amazingly wonderful about change, its value and how to live with it, second you appreciate how easily the author has put forward such a great thought and it is your turn thereafter to wonder "why I could not understand such simple things before I read this book". Every one must read it for its value and also to learn how to make complicated things simple (as is done by the author) and not what is usually done by most people, i.e. how to make simple things complicated.
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Summary: nice book to make you think about how you accept changings
Review: I simply enjoyed reading this book. Ir made me think how I can improve my life concerning my career and personal life. I guess if you try to put in practice what is in the book, we can almost get a 100% of a better lifestyle accepting the changings in a postive side.
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Summary: Stories stick!
Review: How various mice adapt to change is a fun read, and this particular story gets the point across. I recommend it. I also recommend Optimal Thinking-How to be Your Best Self by Dr. Rosalene Glickman. Optimal Thinking is the best book I have read to show us how to accept what is out of our control, and make the most of what is within our control. Essential reading for any individual or organization who is interested in being their best. Get each of these books.
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Summary: Very Inappropriate and Pointless
Review: I found this book to be yet another one of those books churned out by the machines of middle management, and handed down to the employee. Most of these books BECOME best sellers because they are sold in bulk to corporations for pennies on the dollar. Notice how this book has "companion" pieces of merchandise, like games, a web site, and training seminars? They are selling a complete product line to ineffective management, and look at the book as more of a large business card/advertisement. This becomes evident when you read the stories and parables that surprise me that it took two authors to write only 96 pages. The writing is haphazard, poorly edited, unhelpful, sends mixed signals, and boils down to a rather insensitive "Things change, get used to it, change or you will die. Now keep moving." I would never give this to an employee, because that would be like giving an employee a stick of deodorant and wondering why they've stopped talking to you. This book does not care about the reader, and if I got it, I'd think, "Is my boss telling me to move on?" Comparing people to mice, and life's goals to cheese is patronizing to anyone with a sense of self-awareness. The motivational parables are generic, and seem out of place to the rest of the scare tactic this book is. There are better motivational books out there that are written by experienced people who have good ideas that are helpful, not doom-obsessed. This book is more of a poke in the back with a sharp stick than a carrot on the end of s string, or a light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, this book might as well say, "You better not go to the light at the end of the tunnel, it could go away at any moment, and then where will you be?" Like another reviewer here said, "[the book] offers no answer other than you've got to go out and find more 'cheese" for yourself.'" Anyone who has reached the age of adulthood, and doesn't realize that change is inevitable will certainly never get the message from this book. And those that do know will only think this book is redundant and almost encouraging bitterness. I don't know what the point of this book really is, except as some sort of gloomy pap. This book is already mostly used up, and will never be remembered like Zig Ziglar or Thomas Harris. Scout around, and find some older books, by successful people (like people who have actually succeeded in life that you have heard of), that have been around for a while. People still buy them for a reason.
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Summary: Why is there a "for teens" version? This IS for "Teens"
Review: This book has motivational value. Get on your feet and stop complaining, pick up your bootsraps blah blah blah stuff. I think people like it cause it can be read and finished while sitting on the toilet. Now they feel motivated cause they actually finished a book albeit a very silly one. I'll guess that's where the value of the book comes in. It has a large base of readers cause it's easy reading. Giving this book or recommending it should be contrued as an insult. This book is what you'd say to a friend who's down to try and encourage them to move on in life. "Please don't kill yourself, there's a light at the end of the tunnel if you're willing to put on your running shoes..." Unless you're on the verge of alcoholism and despair and you're willing to give anything but religion a shot, I guess you can try this book. Otherwise just enjoy the quiet time on the porcelain.
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Summary: I lost my cheese
Review: I was recently downsized and lost my 'cheese'. I really didn't see it coming or refused to see what was happening in my workplace. The story in this book is very childish, but so are most workplaces. More people should read this book with an open mind, it really is good advice. Also check out Rat Race Relaxer: Your Potential & The Maze of Life, it offers advice and stories on living a more fulfilling life and would also make a great corporate gift book.
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