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Summary: Excellent Read
Review: There is not much I can say about this book that has not already been said in the eleven hundred reviews already written.
The book is a gem, it helped me to look at change in a totally different way. I was able to see myself and others in Scurry and Hem, my two favorite characters. Since reading it I have recommended this book to many and plan to re-read it over and over again.
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Summary: Excellent parable for understanding responses to change
Review: All us have to deal with change, we all respond differently. This book helped me to understand a member of my team at work who resists change and waste valuable time. He is a good person but resists anything new. I gave him a copy and he was grateful. He is now open to change, and takes small steps to explore new opportunities. I strongly recommend another book, Optimal Thinking: How To Be Your Best Self that shows you how to overcome any disturbing emotion and make the most of every situation. These books are classics!
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Summary: OH NO, HERE COMES CHANGE!
Review: "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson brings up a topic that everyone in life faces, change. People from various economic backgrounds and ehtnicities all experience change. The book, metaphorically speaking uses "cheese" as the ultimate desire of life for an idividual. For some it is a new home, for others it's having lots of money, or even poplularity. When peoples' cheese moves, they become chaotic. "Who Moved My Cheese?" is an excellent resource for people who are leaders in life. So that means we all can benefit, whether we are leaders of a corporation, household, or even of a classroom. It works as a guide setting fourth a productive and positive ethic for this journey called life.
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Summary: Mindset for dealing with RealPolitik
Review: I very much disagree with those reviewers who see this book as some sort of corporate propaganda or justification for Darwinian HR policies. Instead, it is a useful and empowering parable for how to deal with such policies. There is no doubting that the world has changed--Welch-type business tactics and economic globalization have eliminated the prior "corporate loyalty to employee" model (to the extent it ever existed!). As individual workers, we can either accept the changed model and adapt to it, or we can bemoan its arrival and practice denial. "Cheese" preaches flexibility, awareness, and an open mind to change. It does NOT operate from a model of "laboratory rats." It is a parable ANALOGIZING human behavior to that of rats in a maze. When you think about it, life IS often as bewildering as a maze must be to mice. The book is short and simple--but read it and absorb its profound message...and minimize the chances that you'll ever be caught off-guard by events in your life again.
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Summary: The shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line...
Review: Not all books need to be complicated to be accurate or effective. If you're a cynic by nature, one would not expect you to like such a simplistic view on making the big decision to MOVE ON. As for me...... I was given this book as a gift more than 2 years ago, and had not given it a second glance until it caught my eye, all dusty on the bookshelf, and I decided, "What the heck." After reading it, I realized why it had been given to me, and I regretted not reading it immediately upon receiving it. In just 2 short hours, it reassured me that it was o.k. to choose to finally walk away from a destructive relationship, even when though it is a parent whom I love, after 5 years of wondering if I was a failure for not sticking it out. You have a choice in life: sink (because it's what everyone else is doing, and because misery loves company) or swim (to save your life, without feeling guilty about it). Maybe you prefer a novel written by some Harvard-quality psychiatrist, with lots of complicated scenarios and pharmaceutical prescription suggestions..... But sometimes, it is even more effective when someone lays it out on the line as clearly and quickly as possible, even when that means using something as simple as mice to illustrate their point. If you read this book, and didn't "get it".... I sadly visualize you in your little corner of the world, hoarding as much cheese as possible.......... while life moves on without you.
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Summary: Who moved the five star reviews???
Review: Interesting that a large number of five star reviews have been removed and a large number of unhelpful votes against the 1 star reviews have also been either blocked or removed. Nice to know that what this website is all about and who it is designed for. Who Moved My Cheese is a fantastic book that must be read by anyone who wants to survive the post Clinton Administration economic disaster.
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Summary: Who Moved My Cheese?
Review: In this world, there are so many people who doesn't know when to change their very lives. They get stuck with what they are and what they have right now. This book is the one of the keys to help you change. There are two mice who loved one cheese. they did not know when to stop loving that cheese that they always thought about and couldn't shake it off their heads. Their names were Hem and Haw. They were eating and eating until they were full and saved the rest for later. Then one day, the cheese was gone from their sight. their LOVING cheese disappeared in their very own eyes. they were looking for it for whole day. everyday they would look for tha cheese but it wasn't there still. Then Hem gave up on the cheese and asked Haw to look for the new cheese. Unfortunately, Haw didn't give up on his cheese and decided to stay. So Hem left for the new cheese that would be waiting for him. It was a dark journey to travel. With fear, he walked through darkness. He began to write wise words in the wall, loosening his fear. He began to change and believed that he can find the cheese. At last it was then he arrived the destination and found a gorgeous cheese. Only then, he hoped that Haw would change his mind and enjoy the cheese with Hem. Then suddenly someone came and that was HAW. They enjoyed the cheese forever.It is difficult to let go of something you loved but if you begin something new, it can always be better than what you ever had.
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Summary: Read it once a month
Review: The bible of dealing with change in a postive way, Who Moved My Cheese? should be required reading for everyone. As the owner of a sales training company, I teach regularly, "When we stop getting better, we cease being good. Blanchard and Johnson don't just motivate us to change and grow, they say it's essential and to enjoy the ride along the way. A quick read, this book should be reviewed every 6 months. 5 Stars all the way! Todd Natenberg, Author of the book, "I just got a job in sales. Now What?" A Playbook for Skyrocketing Your Commissions
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Summary: Excellent book - here are some more
Review: No doubt we are in fast moving times. Who Moved My Cheese speaks to these times and show you how to handle it. How to manuever and grow. Some other books that our company has found very beneficial include 7 HABITS by Stephen Covey and Super Self by Charles Givens. Another is Million Dollar Habits by Brian Tracy.
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Summary: Worth its weight in gold
Review: This book is about how people should face change. The usual attitude found in most of us when confronted with change, is first to deny that change is about to happen, followed by resistance to modifying our attitude and behaviour once the change has happened. Yet in most cases this is not the best course of action; clinging to the past deprives one of all the potential possibilities, improvements and benefits that change usually brings along with it. The book states that change is inevitable. Hence, it encourages the reader not to be averse to change, by being prepared to let go of old habits and accept change as a challenge which, when properly taken, brings about self-improvement and a superior post-change situation. To achieve its end, the book tells a very well written parable that is both very readable and very enjoyable. The parable is about how two mice and two littlepeople face change; suddenly the easy comfortable life the four of them enjoy comes abruptly to an end; the mice being animals accept the change immediately and do something about it, whereas the littlepeople being humans, take their emotions and their logic into consideration first, with the result that they are slow to adapt to change. The reader can identify himself with one of the four characters, thus, being able to weigh the pros and cons of his attitude towards change vis-a-vis the character. The book is only 96 pages and so can be taken in one go if one so wishes. Besides, it has the major conclusions depicted as posters on some left-hand-side pages, thus, further aiding assimilation of the message it tries to convey. All in all, an excellent book, that is extremely useful in every day life situations. It is so relevant to real life that it must be taught at school. Very highly recommended.
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