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Summary: Not Swiss
Review: This is definately not swiss cheese. This book has not holes in it. It's solid. It has bits and pieces of other books that I also love. In the sense that it is a parable-ish story with a deeper meaning, it reminds me of the book, The Life Of Pi. And in the sense that the deeper meaning is about personal happiness, it reminds me of the book, The Little Guide To Happiness. All solid reading for personal growth. And for that matter, entertainment. Who moved my cheese is charming, The little Guide To Happiness, is funny and witty, and The Life of Pi is creative and engaging.
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Summary: An Excuse for Management To Underperform
Review: It's sad that "Who Moved My Cheese" has become as popular as it is. It has proven to be a great excuse for management to be, well... bad. Expect change -- it's bound to happen, for better or worse. Typically it's for the worse. Interestingly enough, most of the recent reviews have been negative, probably from employees who've been subject to inept management using this inane methodology as a crutch for EVERYTHING. I guess you could look at this as a good idea that has been used for the wrong purposes -- kind of like nuclear power. Used for the right purposes, it can be a wonderful tool; if placed in the wrong hands, it can be nothing but trouble.
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Summary: How can this be?
Review: I think I got through the introduction of this book before I started skimming through to find substance. For anyone thinking of reading this book the summary will nicely do. "Adapt and enjoy life." Without a worthless story about mice that could have been written in a three sentence paragraph and then a poor comparison to over-simplified personas without any real-to-life application this book would be only slightly less meaningless. Go buy some colby and Ritz crackers, you will have a better time. This truely is a business-gift tome of worthless application. If you see it floating around your office, or worse yet, are given it by someone higher up. Beware!
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Summary: simplistic, redundant, and overstates the obvious
Review: This could have been half a chapter in most decent books on management and money. Instead you get a "book" (and at this length I use that word loosely) that is a condescending fortune cookie mess. Let me sum it up for you: life is full of hardships and you need to deal with them and move on. There, I have saved you the cost of this book and didn't insult your intelligence while I was at it. Avoid this at all costs.
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Summary: Change with the Change!
Review: Change with the Change! Yeah, Who moved my Cheese is all about financial resources, Security and Happiness to retain when things go beyond control with waves of Changes spelling alarm at Business, workplace or Life. The control power is 'You' the person and the author conveys the message with a form of fable - four characters, Sniff and Scurry, the mice and two little ppl mouse size humans hem and Haw. Cheese relates to our living ways, our jobs and career paths. With the sea of changes swapping in, one got to change with the change is the flavor of the Book. Like the cheese runs out, new sources need to be looked for and this is a moral booster bringing in awareness and alertness to find solutions to spoonfeed problems. Easy to read with quick glance, the book might provoke thoughts as to dig into lives of people speaking their experiences after the fable is said as they share their ideas and thoughts. However, every individual Business person or CEO at their work levels, face changes n have a scoop of their life, their best sorted principles n ways, the messages in the book serve only as a boost to face Changes. Life is full of obstacles and to deal with them, Dr. Spencer Johnson brings in a theme 'Who moved my cheese' - esp. the best part is the illustrations and the quicky 'quotes' which can be special motivators. No wonder, an upcoming Lecture presented by a reputed newspaper in my town on 'Who moved my cheese' may prove boon to many esp.in times of money crisis. Whatever, All said, its Thinking process to re-charge with renewed faith and this does the trick - Get the Cheese n say 'cheese' - Nice Read!
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Summary: Oy.
Review: The fact that a certain manager at a former workplace of mine -- far better at schmoozing than telling the truth, not having grown emotionally or intellectually since the age of about 14, and known to have, uh, a little trouble with alcohol -- loooooved this book made me suspect it from the start. If I remember correctly, I gave it a brief flip-through because I couldn't stomach an in-depth reading. Unlike many of the one-star reviewers, I'm a libertarian, and I do believe that we all need to be ready to adapt to radical changes in how we earn our livings. Like it or not, the anti-globalists and the Luddites aren't going to turn back the tides of freer trade and ever-improving technology. I myself got laid off last month, and although at times I've been downhearted and panicky (my skills could use some major upgrading), I am trying to look at it as an opportunity, not a catastrophe, especially because my most recent job was in an industry with a dwindling future. That said, all the trees that died to make "Who Moved My Cheese?" would have been better put to use as toilet paper. An author who truly cared about helping others adjust to change would make concrete suggestions on how to do so. Indeed, there are any number of books out there on how to change careers, relationships, self-image, etc. Of course, many of them are hack jobs, but others offer concrete suggestions, sound strategies, and morale-boosters that actually have some intellectual heft to them. This book, on the other hand, is an exercise in managerial self-congratulation at its most condescending to subordinates. I was disgusted, but not really surprised, to learn that people were receiving it in their layoff packages. Scott ("Dilbert") Adams could hardly come up with a crueler twist on corporate perversity. Many readers have given this book five stars. Then again, the same holds for those ever-so-deep (think Jack Handey) tomes in the "Chicken Shi--" sorry, "Soup for the Soul" series. I guess a lot of people not only don't mind being spoon-fed the ridiculously obvious and trite, even after it's been dumbed down so that it could be understood by 4-year-olds and then repackaged as priceless wisdom, but will afterwards lick their lips and say, "Thank you, sir, may I have another?" Any well-written fantasy novel grounded in moral realities -- many recommend Tolkien's books; I myself strongly suggest Diana L. Paxson's trilogy based on the ancient Germanic tale of Sigfried and Brünhilde, starting with "The Wolf and the Raven" -- would get across the message that most of life is the fighting of adversity, and do it with far more haunting, enchanting grace, than a thousand books the likes of "Who Moved My Cheese?"
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Summary: Fun Children's Book . . . Or the Idiot's Literary Read
Review: This book is marketed towards those managers who order thousands of copies for their workers: for the purposes of inspiring them to work harder and contribute greater productivity to the firm. However, having a boss give this book to you is a bit of an insult . . . the boss might have well given you the story of the 3 blind mice (with lots of notes written in the margins about how to interpret the silly story). Now the story is not bad: it's a typical fable that leaves readers creating any moral lesson they can conceive of. Middle-managers will obviously push the metaphor of not giving in to fear, and always being prepared to adapt to a changing environment (i.e. record labels can stop crying and suing Kazaa users for file sharing, and start to initiate a business model like Apple's iTunes). What is so insulting is the way the book is fashioned. The fable is told within a backdrop of people speaking about their lives. After the fable is told, these people share their thoughts and ideas about it; their conversations seem to reflect the author's doubt that we will actually find a theme within the story. It is as if the author thinks we are too dumb to create a meaningful lesson out of the simple fable. Of course, this narration method allows the author to push his book to the business community. But for the reader, it's insulting having the author spoon-feed his conception of the fable to us. Even the fable itself is gloriously "self-aware" of its didactic tone. Whole pages are dedicated to one-liners from one of the characters -- the author apparently wants us to memorize these principles (as if the fact that the character having these epiphanies written on the wall doesn't signify that these ideas are important enough). In summary, it's hard to imagine an adult taking this book seriously. It would serve much better as a bed-time story to a child, rather than assigned reading by your boss. In the case of the former, you could easily read this book in 15 minutes at your bookstore, saving yourself from paying a ridiculously high cover price for this over hyped book.
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Summary: Which one are you?
Review: I read Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson, M.D. the day it arrived in the mail. As I read each section of the book, I could see myself as each character at one time or another in my life. It was fast reading which was good because I found myself re-reading passages of the book again and again. I plan to tell as many people about this book as I can because it was thought provoking, easy to understand, and believe it or not very realistic (even though I have never seen mice with jogging suits on and shoes around their necks). It was Great!!!
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Summary: Who moved my cheese?
Review: Change is inevitable so how do you best deal with it? Most of us have experienced a broken relationship. lost an important job opportunity, and witnessed the deal of a loved one. Clearly, our personal success is a function of our ability to be our best in any situation. This book shows us how various people react when they face change. It is good read. I absolutely recommend that you read "Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self" to learn how to make the most of change -- to accept what is out of your control, and to make the most of what is within your control.
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Summary: Ahhh...the power of cheese. Not just another fable.
Review: I have to thank Kim for pointing this one out. As a teacher constantly worrying over budget cuts, and my position in this big, wide world, I confided in Kim (a first year teacher in our district) many times to find the positive in looking for something better and bigger. Honestly, this past spring was a time of searching for me. I didn't look hard, mostly because I trusted God to show me the way. God said stay put, but this book spoke to me also. Kim lent me the book one spring afternoon and strongly suggested that I read this book. It was fantastic! I loved every page. I actually had the book read Friday evening before the weekend ever really began. Dr. Spencer Johnson tells a modern fable about 4 creatures that handle "searching" for something important to them very differently. Sniff uses smell to find his way to the cheese (which becomes symbollic for anything the individual may deem important). Scurry, uses deliberate thoroughness but efficiency and speed to find his cheese. Sniff and Scurry are simply mice, in a maze where the cheese is hidden in various places. However they share this setting with two other characters called "littlepeople". Most of us are Littlepeople. Johnson introduces us to Hem and Haw. Hem and Haw see the cheese as holding a significance deeper than the mice do. To them cheese may represent family, money, success, work, relationships, etc. Both Hem and Haw deal with the loss of cheese very differently. In the end one of them learns something very valuable that applies to all of us in our search for something important in our own lives. This was a fast and fantastic read. It helped me better understand that life is full of obstacles and change. We all have to deal with these things. The way we deal with them is what is most important. Above all this book made me feel so much better about myself in my career. I recommend this book to anyone who ever struggles with questions of why, how and "when is such-and-such going to happen for me?" It clarifies the thinking process needed to survive change and makes me realize that change is very important to my success as an individual. I also like the illustrated blocks of cheese with motivational quotes in them. Although I didn't take the time to do it, these easily could be photocopied and hung up as reminders and personal motivators. I still recommend, however, that anyone dealing with change consult God first. I mean after all, it is just cheese.
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