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Summary: COMMON LESSONS THAT AT TIMES WE FORGET
Review: It's a simple way of reminding us about how simple life could be or how we make it more complex than it should. This is a book that doesn't take long to read and is written in a simple language, so anyone can read it. The lessons can be applied throughout our lifes. Many times we take things for granted, while our environment constantly changes, and if you don't, you'll be left behind. As humans, we can make mistakes, but also we have the power not only to correct the changes, but also to learn from them.
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Summary: Very good! Highly recommended to Employers.
Review: As a business man, I have found this book very useful. I'm a CEO of a Manufacturing Company, and I didn't hesitate to give a copy of the book to all my employees. In a very simple way, you can help people to deal with change, and as I have experienced, the book helped them to increase their motivation.
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Summary: It's a parable!
Review: This tape will not save the world. Nor will it ruin the world (it is not a formula for social control).The core story is about change, how one views change, and how one copes with change-- or does not. The story is narrated by Tony Roberts whose apt voice characterizations just cracked me up! You may take away from this as much or as little as you wish to. I suspect that much depends on one's own individual context. Those savagely critical of the story remind me of the character Hem, locked within himself. Of course it's simplistic! It's a parable, for heaven's sake! No pun intended. The story stands by itself, and for me, it has value. It won't change my life, or save mankind, but it stimulated some useful self-examination. I found the blatantly self-promoting message at the beginning of the tape, as well as the contrived dialogue of friends discussing the story, contrived and annoying (hence four stars). But you can FF through that. If you are faced with change, in any context, this is worth a listen.
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Summary: Who priced this book?
Review: Retail for this nursery rhyme is around $.... Give me strength. It's a nice motivational piece that you can read in an hour, but my advice is to let somebody else pay for it as I did.
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Summary: Why Hem and Haw? Let's find the cheese!
Review: A friend handed me this book while I was bemoaning the world changing around me. What an eye opener in the most simplistic parable! Four characters show us how we deal with dreaded change. We can Hem and Haw and be stuck in a rut. Or we can Sniff out and Scurry to find the good (the cheese) that is just waiting for us. It's all a matter of perspective! Me, I was Hemmed in my little hole complaining about change -- this book made me laugh and see the humor in my situation. I put on my running shoes and now I am looking for my new cheese.
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Summary: "And To Think, All Those Poor Trees Died In Vain"
Review: In the game show of life, "Who Moved My Cheese?" is Corporate America's final answer to the lovely parting gift. Spencer Johnson's book is the literary equivalent of giving an amputee victim a band-aid for his boo-boo. Although a short book, a resourceful reader has 96 chances to slit his or her wrists by way of the vicious paper cut. And now, for my top ten list of more appropriate book titles: #10 "Don't Take It Personally, Thousands Of People Get Fired Everyday" #9 "It's Never Easy Letting Valuable Employees Such As Yourself Go, Bill, I mean, Bob" #8 "Cheer Up! Nobody Here Liked You Anyway" #7 "Let Me Say Once Again, The Shareholders Really Appreciate This" #6 "Hey, You Can Sleep In Now" #5 "Think Of It This Way: You're Now In A Lower Tax Bracket" #4 "It's Not Like You Lost Your Job...Okay, So You Lost Your Job" #3 "Look On The Bright Side- You're Helping Someone Less Fortunate In A Third World Country" #2 "At Least You've Still Got Your Health (Minus The Ulcer, Of Course)" And my #1 title: "It Could Be Worse, It Could Be Me!" One last thing, if for some reason you are the recipient of this book, don't line the bird cage with its pages (that would be redundant) and don't slit your wrists with them (you're better than that). Instead. use them for kindling or put them in a shredder and make confetti!
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Summary: Nice Idea, Poor Execution
Review: Story telling, metaphors or parables are all powerful ways to convey a message. To do this effectively the author of such a work needs to be precise with the detail and structure of their tale. This ensures the reader gets the desired message. Unfortunately this is one the areas where this book fails. It appears to want to cover all aspects of change, which dilutes the message it's trying to convey. We should 'enjoy change' we are told, but I always find it hard to enjoy changes such the loss of a loved one, job redundancy or injury from an accident, and such platitudes get a bit demeaning after awhile. You can't make change positive, just by looking at it differently - quite a stupid concept actually. It's not until the high school reunion discussion reviewed the story that it became obvious what the 'cheese' was to me (maybe because I was so annoyed as I read it). If the author needs such a fabricated discussion to explain his message then he's failed in my view, the story should stand on it's own. Obviously this book speaks to some readers but if you've delved at all into change management before, you'll find this disappointing. Although it might make you so angry it could motivate you to write your own self-help book - and thats not a bad thing.
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Summary: A Simple Book To Help Deal With A Complex Problem
Review: This is a very easy-to-read book that teaches you what happens to people that are afraid of change, people who do change, and people who don't change. The story consists of four character, two mice, and two people. The mice, Sniff, to sniff out the upcoming changes, and Scurry, to scurry along with the changes. The little people, Haw- he (haw haw) laughs at his own mistakes then changes, and Hem - because he never changes. To depict the ways different people respond to change, this story follows a couple of mice who learn one day that their familiarized cheese is missing. The mice quickly see that no cheese is left so they put their running shoes on and venture in to the "maze", a metaphor for other opportunities in life. Then the "little people" come. They see no cheese is left at that cheese station and are very displeased at the disruption and want to return to the (vanished cheese) past. They squeal, "Who moved my cheese?" as if there were someone to blame it on. I won't spoil the plot any more, I will let you go out and buy the book, and it is very cheap and very helpful. Change brings interruption of our familiar ways, and it's easy to complain, but a healthy person gets past this phase quickly and goes on to enjoy the future, exploring and developing the new opportunities that change also brings.
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Summary: What is this guy selling us?
Review: A book about change for executives. Well my friends if you're in management, or any lower corporate positions and have no idea about change, flexibility and the yielding dynamics of management, then you're in trouble. Maybe I'm being a little harsh since I'm an MBA student. But if you think this book will change your life, its better to read Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching as a guide to the flexible leader...
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Summary: child like book
Review: PRO: FOr some reading a child-like fable can get beyond the rational and irrational emotions of being apprehensive about change, layoffs, etc to get right at the heart of the matter: things change and no one is guaranteed anything. CON: It doesn't offer real solutions. These books are being handed out by corporate management. Do they read this book? Because things often change because management misread the market, industry, etc. Look at how the big name CEOs all claim they can't tell even one quarter down the revenue in terms of revenue. Why are they getting paid so much to admit they haven't got a clue so they simply go off and layoff thousands of people to keep Wall St ( ordinary investors are part of this as well) happy. Problem is if alot of management lay people off, who's going to buy products and services? When management hands out books like this, it shows they have given up responsibility. It's like a general who tells you to sacrifice your life while he's safe and sound in the back of the battlefield. What management have to do is to come out and be the leaders they are being paid big bucks to do and rally the troops. Define strategy, get that strategy drilled down to the rank and file and get feedback. Then execute at warp speed. Save your money. I'll will give you a synopsis of what the book is telling you to do. 1. You're not guaranteed anything. 2. So don't whine about it. 3. Look ahead as your position, etc may be phased out. 4. Look at yourself as the solution. Kind of sad huh? Management isn't there to say "We're getting paid to take of the company and we're do our best to allow you to take care of the company's business." Instead, they look at you to figure things out. Sad
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