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Summary: Great insight!
Review: I had to read this book for a class this semester. When the professor told us about it, we all thought it was a joke. I don't have time to read a kid's story....I have 5 other classes to worry about. However, I got quite a lot out of this little book. It has so much wisdom and insight that applies to many facets of life, not just in the business world. It took under an hour to read, and it is well worth your time to read it too.
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Summary: Change Happens
Review: Spencer Johnson uses a simplistic story of 2 mice and 2 mouse-sized little guys to remind us of what the Buddhist have harped at for centuries: the impermanent nature of life. You "read the last chapter first" and "One Minute Manager" folks can get the essence of the message with the 7 points on page 74. Everybody else should read the whole book (with big print and 94 small pages, it ain't War and Peace, people) and turn in your 1000-word essay on how the message applies to your life by next Friday.After charging through the book on a Sunday morning, I thought "I KNEW all that!" but it was a cute way of reminding me to review the book's vital message about my attitude towards the constant changes life throws at me again. List price of $19.95 is pretty steep, so if you're a Cheap Charlie or Pennypinching Penelope, borrow this from a friend or the library, read it once, and make a poster of the seven points for the bathroom mirror (it's cheating to just rip out page 74). Otherwise, buy the book to reread for a quick boost for those times life kicks you in the butt.
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Summary: A somewhat motivational book
Review: I think that this book is overrated. The moral of the story, simply, is to step outside of your comfort zone and try new things. Dont get "hemmed" in. Easy enough. I find more inspiration in reading the autobiographies of people who have been there and done that, as opposed to a parable about 2 mice and 2 short people.
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Summary: Not much in it.
Review: With apologies to the author and others who may have worked hard to produce a helpful book about change, for those who wish to give serious thought to the subject, there is very little here to justify buying and reading this book. The ideas it contains could be covered thoroughly in 5 or 6 pages. The concept is the same one we've seen repeatedly in the past; inform people about a serious, real-world topic through fun and games and they'll learn without even realizing it. The result is a book that is 95% fluff and 5% "something-you-can-use". That is not to say that there is no audience for this book. If you find that the typical self-help book covering similar subjects is simply too dry to palatte, this book could be beneficial. For those folks, this book does at least provide a frame of reference from which to begin pondering and altering their attitudes toward change.
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Summary: Another Cheesy Little Self Help Book
Review: that will sell a bazillion copies and become the guiding light to a generation of corporate types...until the next gimmick comes along. Ok, that's the negative. The positive side it, it's really fairly good! Johnson makes some good points. "What would you do if you weren't afraid?" Is a powerful self-assessing tool. I've been thinking of that statement ever since reading the book. It's definitely formulae-based, it's definitely a gimmick. But doggone it, I've had my cheese moved before, and on some level it did speak to me! It's definitely a worthy read. Cover price of (...) NO WAY! It's more of a pamphlet than a book...you can read it in a solid 45 mins to an hour. Amazon's price is in the ballpark. Better yet, your boss could buy it for you! But watchout, he may have his fingers on your cheese!
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Summary: So simple that you don't need this book
Review: The main themes are so simple that if you truly need this book to get the idea, then you aren't going to succeed anyway. Basically, change happens; take advantage of the new stuff and trends and directions; fighting all change is futile; and don't live with your head in the sand. There was absolutely nothing new here. But I am sure that you can give you money to this author because he is following the new trend: Give the most absolute basics of common sense in book form and millions will buy it. I truly wish someone had written this review for me before I had purchased this. If you really are curious as to why this is a best seller: get it from your library.
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Summary: A-MAZE-ING helps you with relationships, job searching, etc.
Review: Having been divorced for 12 years, I was afraid of "new cheese". This book helped me face my fears / uncertainty, and move into new realms of "looking" for "new cheese". I also began looking "into" the cheese station, rather than being attracted to the few morsels that were just on the outside. This allowed me to look for delectible cheese rather than just any ole cheese. I also learned not to overanalyze, to expect and enjoy change.
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Summary: Life Changes; Get over it!
Review: I read this book as a recommendation from one of our demented book club members (don't ask!). Since it was booked up at the library, I had to cough up the cash to purchase it, and $12 was a lot of money for a book that is only a few pages long, half of the pages filled with "cheesy" (pardon the pun) drawings, and the other half filled with a story in a font size large enough for the sight-impared. In other words, the whole thing could have been type-written on two pages! And here's the message: Life Changes--if you don't change with it, you'll get left out. Now you've just saved yourself a whole lot of time and money. Don't waste it on this.
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Summary: Good metaphore for chnage, but...
Review: The two mice and two little people characters of this book show good metaphores for change. However, the story and the premise needs more to be practical in the business world today. After you have read this book, you do feel "comforted" that there are individuals like you, but the issue is that the change that happend to YOU is very unique, and this book does not deal with that.
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Summary: Who moved my Cheese?
Review: I thought this book was very useful in many ways. It made me look at the changing world in a new perspective that was rather positive. I thought the book was great also because it was short (I read it in less than 45 min) which made my little sister want to read it too. I loved the proverbs that were written in the book, they were just excellent. The title though is very unusual, and most of my friends commented on it and gave me funny looks. I can understand why it was a #1 bestseller though. This book taught me how to change and come up with new ideas and throw out the old. From this books point of view I am probably a "Scurry." I take on the actions and keep them running. My favorite proverb in the book that made me think was, "Old ideas do not lead to a new job" and I think that is absolutly true. I bet your asking "why do I want to read this book" i'll tell you why because if you are a Hem (a person who sticks to old ideas in this changing world)this book will help you see and learn new ways to cope with change or if you stick with being a Hem you probably can kiss your job good bye. In other words I recommend this book to everyone especially those Hems out there.
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