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Who Moved My Cheese?

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Book by: Spnecer Johnson

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The natural response of human beings is to ensure comfort and cling to it. Indeed, even as that comfort begins to disappear, we are inclined to overlook the changes and stick to what we know. Spencer Johnson in this short book investigates how and why we should address change in our lives. Cheese is a metaphor for the essential things we need in our everyday life, whether in a personal or professional environment.

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Lesson 1. Introduction.

 

Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and Your Life, published in 1998, is a motivational business fable by Spencer Johnson. In this book, Spencer introduces fables on how to actively respond to change. Overcoming a fear, handling major life changes, and finding a way to realize dreams are some issues that each one of us is struggling with in life. Spencer deals with these problems in his book.

 

He conveys his message through a simple story of 4 characters, who live in a maze. Among them are two mice, named Sniff and Scurry, and two little people, named Hem and Haw. When the cheese disappears, they set out on a journey through the maze in search of new cheese. 

 

Through the journey of these 4 characters, the author aims to achieve a better understanding of human nature. The story narrates how each of these characters deals with this new change. 

 

The book teaches you how to be better prepared for major life changes. It tells you to pay attention to such changes and adapt quickly to them. According to the author, thinking like a mouse may help you to do this and reach your goals. One needs to visualize the goals to increase their chances of attaining them.

 

In these lessons you will learn about:

 

  1. The methods and ways through which you can achieve your goal.
  2. Why change is necessary.
  3. How to get out of your comfort zone.
  4. A new direction will help get things better.
  5. How to seek new opportunities.

 

Lesson 2. Find your cheese, but in an effective way.

 

The two mice, Sniff and Scurry, have only one aim: find the damn cheese! They don’t think too much, and spend most of their time running up and down the corridors of the maze in search of the cheese. This method of acting without thinking too much, is considered to be the most effective method in fulfilling your goals. 

 

It is instructive, and saves much time and energy. They do not waste their time being angry and annoyed. For example, if there is no cheese at the end of the trail, Sniff and Scurry would simply turn around and crawl along the other trail.

 

Another pair, Hem and Haw, is also looking for cheese in the maze. Finding the cheese would make them feel happy and successful. They were hungry

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Famous quotes from Who Moved My Cheese?

  1. If you do not change, you can become extinct.
    2. -Spnecer Johnson
  2. Having cheese makes you happy.
    3. -Spnecer Johnson
  3. Sometimes we may act like Sniff, who sniffs out change early, or Scurry who scurries into action, or Hem who denies and resists change as he fears it will lead to something worse, or Haw who learns to adapt in time when he sees changing can lead to something better!
    4. -Spnecer Johnson
  4. I guess we resist changing, because we’re afraid of change.
    5. -Spnecer Johnson
  5. Everyone knows that not all change is good or even necessary. But in a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.
    6. -Spnecer Johnson
  6. He was happy when he wasn’t being run by his fear.
    7. -Spnecer Johnson
  7. Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese.
    8. -Spnecer Johnson
  8. Life moves on and so should we.
    9. -Spnecer Johnson
  9. Life moves on and so should we.
    10. -Spnecer Johnson
  10. What would you do if you weren’t afraid?
    11. -Spnecer Johnson
  11. When you let go of old cheese, you make room for new cheese to enter your life.
    12. -Spnecer Johnson
  12. If you do not change, you can become extinct.
    13. -Spnecer Johnson
  13. The quickest way to the cheese is to change your direction.
    14. -Spnecer Johnson
  14. Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old.
    15. -Spnecer Johnson
  15. Expect change and be ready to adapt quickly to it.
    16. -Spnecer Johnson
  16. Movement in a new direction helps you find new cheese.
    17. -Spnecer Johnson
  17. When you change what you believe, you can change what you do.
    18. -Spnecer Johnson
  18. You can make a difference by daring to be different.
    19. -Spnecer Johnson
  19. Anytime you move beyond fear, you are moving towards freedom.
    20. -Spnecer Johnson
  20. Facing change in life is like coming to a fork in the road.
    21. -Spnecer Johnson
  21. It is not always easy to find new cheese, but it can be done.
    22. -Spnecer Johnson
  22. Successful people keep moving; they make mistakes but don’t quit.
    23. -Spnecer Johnson
  23. The purpose of change is to move ahead and make something better.
    24. -Spnecer Johnson
  24. You must be willing to let go of the old to make room for the new.
    25. -Spnecer Johnson
  25. Be brave and take risks; you don’t have to have all the answers.
    26. -Spnecer Johnson
  26. Often the fear of something new is worse than the thing itself.
    27. -Spnecer Johnson
  27. What you are afraid of is never as bad as what you imagine.
    28. -Spnecer Johnson
  28. You can find new cheese in strange places, if you look hard enough.
    29. -Spnecer Johnson
  29. Change happens in small steps, taking one step at a time.
    30. -Spnecer Johnson
  30. Do not be jealous of anyone that has more cheese, just go get your own.
    31. -Spnecer Johnson
  31. There is no point in running from something that can’t be outrun.
    32. -Spnecer Johnson
  32. The secret of success is to keep moving in the face of change.
    33. -Spnecer Johnson
  33. Life is a never-ending journey of discovery and change.
    34. -Spnecer Johnson
  34. The cheese you seek is not always where you thought it would be.
    35. -Spnecer Johnson
  35. When you change how you look at things, the things you look at change.
    36. -Spnecer Johnson
  36. The only way to keep up with change is to be willing to let go of the old.
    37. -Spnecer Johnson
  37. Life is an ongoing process of adjustments and adaptations.
    38. -Spnecer Johnson
  38. You cannot expect to get different results if you keep doing the same thing.
    39. -Spnecer Johnson

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Chapter List
  • Lesson 1. Introduction.
  • Lesson 2. Find your cheese, but in an effective way.
  • Lesson 3. Nothing stays forever.
  • Lesson 4. How to deal with changes.
  • Lesson 5. Move in a new direction.
  • Lesson 6. How to reach your own goals.
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In the summary of Who Moved My Cheese? book, there are 6 key lessons. These lessons include:

  1. Lesson 1. Introduction.
  2. Lesson 2. Find your cheese, but in an effective way.
  3. Lesson 3. Nothing stays forever.
  4. Lesson 4. How to deal with changes.
  5. Lesson 5. Move in a new direction.
  6. Lesson 6. How to reach your own goals.

Who Moved My Cheese? by Spnecer Johnson was published in 1998.

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