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Summary: great tiny book
Review: I read this book twice and I also bought 3 more copies for 3 other friends. That's how much I like this book. I agree with others that life changes and so on but I just couldn't move with those changes and the concept of cheese helped me...this book is one of my favorites.
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Summary: Clever and Useful Allegory
Review: Obviously not the product of extensive research and not meant for scholars. The message is meant for everyone, however, and is presented as a clever and useful allegory, bringing to mind the message vehicle that made Aesop's Fables so famous. You won't lose much time or money on this. If you are really seriously into self-help, however, you definitely should start with the easy-reading, life-changing book by Remick called "West Point: Character Leadership Education" which will provide you with the philosophical basics that support ALL of the self-help books on the market. Like "Who Moved My Cheese", it is also presented allegorically, but is actually somewhat epic in its content.
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Summary: 1 hour 13 minutes and 37 seconds wasted from my life
Review: 1 hour 13 minutes and 37 seconds wasted from my life.On the grand scheme of life, wasting 1 hour, 13 minutes and 37 seconds doesn't sound like much. I guess I could have slept-in some weekend for the same amount of time. They translated a 94 page book into this fiasco. Well, the contents of that 94 page book would scarcely have filled a greeting card, with any editing at all. If they had SAID on the label that it was for the preschool set with constant repetition, maybe I would have been able to stomach it. At least Dr Seuss has some great rhythm and rhyme, and you can learn from the salesmanship of Sam-I-Am!
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Summary: Simple truths are sometimes the most elusive
Review: The strength of this book is its simplicity. If you're looking for a hardcore psychology text, look to Freud, Jung, etc. However, if you're looking for a book to inspire you to change your behavior, look here. Concepts that are too complex are difficult to keep in mind all the time, as they require too much thinking. But a simple story like this stays with you and, if you're at all introspective, you will remind yourself of the Hem character many times. With this realization happens, you can start acting to change your behavior...and that's ultimately what we're after isn't it? I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Cheesops Fable
Review: As the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, "The only constant is change." The worlds of business, politics, and culture continually bear out this unsettling truth. Unfortunately too many of us have become creatures of habit and refuse to go with the flow. Instead of benefiting from changing winds of fortune, we prefer to dig our heels in and let opportunities slip. These are the problems of attitude addressed in this easy-to-read book by Spencer Johnson, a medical doctor and the co-author of the best-selling business classic "The One Minute Manager." Johnson specializes in helping people discover simple truths that can help them to enjoy more success with less stress. Among his many published works, he has also penned a number of popular children's books. This perhaps explains the simplicity of style in "Who Moved My Cheese," which is best described as a kind of parable that takes place in a maze and features four characters, two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two mouse-sized people, Hem and Haw. The outlines of the story are reflected in the names of the characters: Sniff and Scurry suggest their uncomplicated, go-getting attitude to cheese, while Hem and Haw are synonyms of acting indecisively. Although some people may find this book patronizingly simple, the adventures of the mice and mini-humans in this Aesop-like fable carry a profound message. While cheese is equally important to all four, the two mice, by having less intellectual baggage, are more adept at adapting to the change represented by the moving of the cheese. Hem and Haw, by comparison, find change more difficult to manage, as it involves changing their self-image and belief systems. Many will see this as a subtle poke at CEOs and politicians who prefer to stick to old formulas instead of embracing the challenges of the future.
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Summary: Take your wormwood.
Review: It should be telling that many corporations slip this book to employees just before they get 'downsized'. The message being that anyone who complains about change (in the form of unfair labor practices etc.) ought to just take his or her wormwood and move on. With a decline in real wages, a shift in tax burdens, and a federal government *our government* less and less inclined to regulate an increasingly monopolistic private sector, this book stands as insulting bulwark against what should be a popular outcry against increasing economic injustice.
Remember, it's o.k. to ask who moved your cheese sometimes, corporate leaders do it all the time when they fuss about government interference through regulation and taxation.
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Summary: Also knowns as Eat it and grin...
Review: This is the most insulting, vile piece of tripe to be foisted off on the working class since the iron law of wages. Any manager who would try to force these ideas on their employees would be better off just spiking the coffee with anti-depressants. The point of this classic work of business literature is that we, the poor schmucks who can't make any decisions, should accept those from above with a smile. Embrace our new role as serfs. If your managers asks you to read it, or, God forbid, runs the movie version, then you should start looking for a new job, because it means that they're getting ready to slash budgets. And we all know that when they slash budgets, they'll nickle and dime employees on everything, freeze raises and slash personnel. However, they'll never reduce the salary of those at the top. If you're a manager, and you're thinking about trying to boost morale with this vomitous mass, I suggest you lead by example. Take a pay cut. Cut some of your perks. After all, its YOUR job to keep the company running, and your fault if it isn't. If you still can't be profitable, and your employees see that you've done this, they'll be much more understanding when you have to start cutting their perks and salaries as well.
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Summary: Relatively simple concept
Review: This is a book for people who are afraid of change. Personally, I was attracted by the title and thought it might be an interesting book. The concept is too simple and not really useful to me because I actually love change and hate routine so it's not a book for everyone. The cheese is a symbol for what is important to us in our lives. It can be your relationship with someone, your job, etc. I've highlighted some important ideas in this book. First and foremost, the world is always changing so you must change with it. Did I tell you the concept is simple or what? Instead of questioning who moved your cheese, you should move with the cheese. The sooner you let go of the old cheese, you will find your new cheese. Don't worry too much. When you relieve yourself of all worries and fears, you will feel free. Anticipate for change. When you look for signs of change, you will start planning for the future. This will lessen the impact when change does occur. Visualize the cheese and you will find the cheese. Laugh at your mistakes. Don't be too serious. This will ensure you will move on and not remain stagnant. Enjoy change. That's it. If you feel you did not gain anything from this review, you are wrong. You gain the money you would have otherwise wasted on this book.
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Summary: Learn who you are...
Review: by reading this book. This is a great parable that can be related to any struggle we have in life.
I would recommend this book to everyone from young adults and up.
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Summary: Stress Management
Review: Recently, I visited a stress management website that recommended this book. I thought that it would be helpful because of the focus on change. Well, I have read the book three times and find it useless. The child-like story has not helped me manage the stress in my life. It did not offer any great wisdom or insight to it's readers.
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