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Summary: Worthwhile Simplicity
Review: When one is faced with the stress of a life change problem that feels intolerable and insoluble, the last thing one needs is a jargon-filled, new-agey-fluff offering, or a lofty pedantic tome -and there are a lot of those on the market. A person with a problem they can't resolve needs something to bite into, that clearly communicates a message, and gets a person moving and motivated. "Cheese" offers just that. Yes, this book may be a simple story, simply-worded, but is EFFECTIVE in its message. Maybe some of the wisest advice comes in the form of those upside-the-head reminders, stated in the most simple of ways. We need to get the message, get it clearly, get it again, and then go out and do it. This book offers that very nicely.
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Summary: A tool for leadership!
Review: The right tool in the wrong the hands can seldom be used properly, even less often appreciated adequately. This book is an easy read and non-threatening, yet it can serve as an incredibly potent tool, in the proper hands, to use as a communication vehicle to drive behavioral recognition and change. For those who sought answers with this book, they were or will no doubt be disappointed. For the insightful, they too will not find the answer .... they will find something much more valuable ... a better set of questions! I hope you enjoy this wonderful tool. Appropriate for use with children and or adults.
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Summary: Absolutely nothing new
Review: Our beliefs control our actions. Embrace change rather than fear it. Face our fears, don't hide from them. Use visualization to help achieve our goals. If you've just read these 4 sentences, then save your money because you've pretty much just read the book. The concepts in this book are so simplistic as to be useless. While I generally don't disagree with the points the author makes, it is hard for me to believe that there is an adult anywhere who isn't already familiar with them. This book might be a good way to teach these principles to a child, but for a business person, it is insulting to the intelligence
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Summary: Worth Reading to prep for "Who Cut the Cheese"
Review: "Who Moved My Cheese?" is more than a book - it's a phenomenon. For some people, it changes lives. For others - it's a bit hard to take seriously. For BOTH of those groups, I recommend checking out the definitive parody "Who Cut the Cheese?" by Stilton Jarlsberg MD (Crown Publishing - be sure to check the author's name, as there's a book about "gas" with the same name). The two books coexist happily on my book shelf: I read "Moved" when I need a little jumpstart in my motivation, and I read "Cut" when I just need a laugh to take some of the stress off. Together, they make an effective team!
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Summary: Who Moved My Money From My Wallet?
Review: Actually, I didn't buy the book. I didn't have to. I read it in the book store in fifteen minutes. Oh, not all of it; I didn't have to. Who Moved My Cheese is another non-book like the one about "everything I needed to know I learned in Kindergarten" or whatever that non-book was. Remember, "take a nap; have cookies and milk." That author milked us through several more similar non-books with similar titles. Look for "Who Moved My Cheese For Teen-agers" and "Who Moved My Brié For Baby Boomers" coming soon. Or, "More Chicken Soup For My Uncle Sol" coming to bookstores across the country. It took two authors to tell us what I can tell you in two sentences? "If you expect to get something from doing what doesn't work time after time, try something different." Or, "Be Ready To Change: It's Part of The Human Condition". This all started with Richard Bach's non-book in 1974, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", a barely disguised trop on "The Little Prince". Well, they''re short reads, offer simple solutions for complex problems and americans love simple, little reads. Better to read something substantial like de Botton's, "Consolations of Philosophy". Check it out.
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Summary: It's like Machiaveli -- only completely stupid.
Review: Heraclitus was more succinct in his assertion that nothing is permanent except change. This is the essence -- no -- the entire substance of this poorly written, highly over-rated and overpriced piece of corporate dogma. This book is a particularly insipid parable in which workers are compared to mice. In a particularly dehumanizing fasion, the mice are more adept at managing their lives than the human workers. I found this book to be extremely simplistic, pathetically myopic and highly offensive. Anyone who posesses the basic intelligence of the average houseplant should find the main concepts in this book to be intuitively obvious. Printed in large, easy to read type with enormous margins, no big words and a picture of cheese on every other page, Who Moved My Cheese is an easy read for any four year old who has mastered the art of Hooked on Phonics. This is quite possibly the single worst book on career management ever written. Please save your money for something worthwhile.
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Summary: Not what I had expected...
Review: My broker purchased this book, & loaned it to me. I was really excited about reading it. Once I started, I must say it wasn't what I was expecting. Of course I understood the moral of the story, but it just seemed a little silly to me. At best, I guess I could say, it was a "cute" little story. Wonder if the author could write another version, maybe for the "grownups" this time? J.F. Lyles Eddyville,KY.
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Summary: Loved "One-Minute," HATED "Cheese"
Review: This book is for middle managers trapped in their jobs by a lack of skills and an inability to innovate. If this sounds like you, then you've found the right book. The rest of us have better things to do than read dumbed-down allegories.
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Summary: Very Inspiring
Review: Who would have ever thought such a cute and simple story could change the heart of a man to aspire and achieve the dreams of his heart. I have read this book and realized I am definately not a mouse. :) When you read the book, you will understand what I mean. The story line, though simple, captures the very essence of the every day life. We all have events in our lives which make us feel comfortable. But, what if all those things are taken away? What would you do? Where would you go? These seemingly simple questions have been the deciding factor of marrages, employment and enjoyment. This simple story will give you the ability to view your situation from the point of view of a mouse, very simplisticly. Please, buy this book. Then, pass it on to someone else. You will not only enrich your life, but a friends as well.
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Summary: There¿s no accounting for taste
Review: The world is full of surprises. People whom I respect have found "Who moved my cheese?" entertaining and useful. Beats me, but there you go. So out of respect for them and any other friends who get off on this book, I'm honor-bound to say that you too may find it worth your while even if you are an intelligent adult of reasonable discernment. I respect you no less for it. But I feel equally honor-bound to say that I personally found this book awful beyond belief. Tedious, shallow, repetitive, blindingly obvious and without even a hint of an "aha" insight. Having been suckered into parting with the... $... for a half-hour yawn, I'm wondering "Who moved my brain?" It's supposed to be an allegory about the need to embrace change. I suspect that much of its sales success has been driven by corporate bulk orders from managers preparing to soften up their minions for the economic downturn. A kind of caring precursor to "Time to quit squeaking and start looking for a new job, buddy."
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