Rating: Summary: Simple Idea, But Worth Reading Review: Blanchard takes a simple idea and has created a nice metaphor for us to remember it. And we should remember it. The GREAT thing about this book is that it is easy and fast to read. In today's increasingly fast-paced world, every ounce of time we have is squeezed. It is easy to lose focus because there is so much trying to get our attention. At work and at home. At the same time, I have a hard time recommending a book that covers this little for a whopping [$$$]. Additionally, I am a little peeved with all of these 60-second 'management' books and techniques. They cannot possibly cover what is needed to be good at anything. Then I began to realize that books with oodles of information are generally harder to read because you have to think so much about the content. There is almost too much good information in really good books. So, I now appreciate these tiny books that convey information in a way that we can assimilate easily. My recommendation -- buy the book and read it once in a while. It is worth having on your shelf. It helps keep the right perspective on things and won't take a lot of time. Just buy a used copy!
Rating: Summary: Utterly redundant Review: This has to be the most obvious book I've seen since I was in Kindergarten. In fact, it's far less interesting than that. When I picked it up and began to read, I was sure that it was a joke. If there is a lesson in Who Moved My Cheese that you haven't yet picked up through living your life, this book is not going to teach you. I am not diminishing the message at all (go with the flow, keep trying), just the patronizing method of delivery.
Rating: Summary: Who Moved My Cheese? Review: This was a great book....I would recommend it to anyone. It is easy to read and the characters make the book interesting....it shows change is important.
Rating: Summary: Can't hurt. Review: The book was recommended to me by 3 different people - a speaker at a seminar, a manager at the company where I worked, and later an employee of the Department of Labor. It really can be read in an hour, and I read very slowly. It is so popular with management, it could be useful in an interview to mention that you have read it, especially if you have been laid off. I didn't think it was great (just okay), but the point it makes is good, and it is painless reading. Can't hurt.
Rating: Summary: Keep this one on your bookshelf Review: A friend gave me his copy of this book about a year ago when I was going through a really difficult time & didn't want to deal with what was happening to me. This book was a good starting point in helping me to realize that although it can initially be painful and challenging, change is good & even necessary & we shouldn't be so afraid of it. It gets 4 stars, though, because it makes adjusting to change seem like a very easy & simple task, but realistically, it is often very difficult to adjust to change and it can take a long time to adjust regardless of how open minded you are to the twists & turns that life gives you. Overall, it is a really good, helpful book & everyone should have a chance to read it.
Rating: Summary: A great book that helps to MANAGE your attitude. Review: This is a great book that helps to handle CHANGE by managing your attitude.I remember reading somewhere that "LIFE is 10% of what happens to me and 90% how I react to it." This book dwells upon that 90%.It helps us to filter out the unwanted thoughts and look sharp in the eyes of the reality.It helps in understanding 'Who you are?' and 'Why you are the way you are?'. LIFE is a big choice and this book helps us in choosing better. I read this book in last June.I found many do not give much attention to the contents of this book.But I realised that each and every sentence written is full of meaning.In life there are so many complex choices we have to make and identifying 'WHEN THE CHEESE IS MOVED?' is very important.But first we need to identify 'WHAT IS THE CHEESE?'. In many situations it is not that easy to answer these two questions and hence people say LIFE is difficult.This book helps in reducing those difficulties to minimal and get along with the LIFE.
Rating: Summary: Who moved my cheese? Review: My review on this story is to tell people that you are not suppose to wait for thing to come to you, you have to go toward it. It also teaches ( I think) that, sometimes someone might have the same idea as you but you might need to make up an idea that you can do that would be complicated or hard that someone else can't do.
Rating: Summary: Just be a good little employee. Review: Don't question the change. Just accept it, no matter how wrong it may be. People who stand around thinkin' are just chumps. If your boss wants you to read this, be suspicious. Here, I'll save you the ten minutes it'll take to read this dumbed down, insulting, 10,000 word volume: Change? It's good. You should embrace it, not fear it. Anybody who didn't already know that? Hmmm, nobody! Anybody who thinks it's always that simple? Hmmm, nobody! Interesting.
Rating: Summary: Wast of time Review: This book is a waste of time. The authors should write a book about marketing such a poor product. That would be worth reading, but not this book. Some people think it is short, but it is actually really long. The whole book can be summarized in one frase: "If you are down, GO FOR IT!".
Rating: Summary: Great Little Book Review: When I got the book, I figured it was just the latest "management craze"... My boss suggested I should read it, so I approached it with more than a little apprehension. The book is a quick read that I wished everyone that I worked with would read and apply. Learning how to adapt to change is important and immobility is death. It is much better to "go looking for the cheese" than to wait for the cheese to come to you. Good Reading! Gene
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