Who Moved My Cheese? 2004 Day-To-Day Calendar | 
 enlarge | Author: Spencer Johnson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1445 reviews
Sales Rank: 1446092
Media: Calendar
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0740737023
EAN: 9780740737022
ASIN: 0740737023
Publication Date: July 1, 2003
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Change can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. The message of Who Moved My Cheese? is that all can come to see it as a blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their lives. Who Moved My Cheese? is a parable that takes place in a maze. Four beings live in that maze: Sniff and Scurry are mice--nonanalytical and nonjudgmental, they just want cheese and are willing to do whatever it takes to get it. Hem and Haw are "littlepeople," mouse-size humans who have an entirely different relationship with cheese. It's not just sustenance to them; it's their self-image. Their lives and belief systems are built around the cheese they've found. Most of us reading the story will see the cheese as something related to our livelihoods--our jobs, our career paths, the industries we work in--although it can stand for anything, from health to relationships. The point of the story is that we have to be alert to changes in the cheese, and be prepared to go running off in search of new sources of cheese when the cheese we have runs out. Dr. Johnson, coauthor of The One Minute Manager and many other books, presents this parable to business, church groups, schools, military organizations--anyplace where you find people who may fear or resist change. And although more analytical and skeptical readers may find the tale a little too simplistic, its beauty is that it sums up all natural history in just 94 pages: Things change. They always have changed and always will change. And while there's no single way to deal with change, the consequence of pretending change won't happen is always the same: The cheese runs out. --Lou Schuler
Book Description
Things change. The economy. Priorities. Relationships. Jobs. Health. Change affects everyone, and Who Moved My Cheese? shows readers how to deal with change and win. The phenomenal best-seller has been translated into thirty-four languages and has topped the New York Times, Business Week, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal best-seller lists. More than twelve million copies have been sold worldwide as readers use the book's simple yet sage advice on how to adapt and succeed in changing times. Following in the book's footsteps, the Who Moved My Cheese? calendars have also been best-sellers. Last year's calendar sold nearly 100,000 copies. The 2004 edition is poised to follow suit. Each page offers a thought-provoking slice of the story, an inspirational quotation from a well-known business expert, author, sports figure, or other notable as well as Dr. Johnson's insightful commentary on those quotations, or a reflective question readers can use to evaluated how well they are dealing with change. This calendar offers readers an A-Mazing way to face challenges and win.
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 1984 but cheesier July 8, 2008
Forget the little red book by Mao, We have a new mind numbing, thought control written device out there pushed among the working class. As it has been stated before..it truly is sobering that an American of any socio-economic status, level of wealth or educational background would be INSPIRED by this corporate tripe. Here's a thought for the cheese heads out there, has it occurred to you to move the " cheese provider " out of the picture and therefore the total dependence maze?..make your own cheese on further discovery out from the maze that was made specifically to control you? OR...perish the thought...maybe have more choices in your actual consumption other than cheese?
I understand that the book only addresses the need for accepting change but doesn't one's thoughts automatically leap to then who is the change maker?? Part of my offense to this little book is it's simplistic approach to life modifying decisions by OTHERS. Stepping back however, this book speaks volumes for the contempt corporate America has for redefining intelligent thought, decent & breaking linear either/or thinking, coupled with a current generation that turns out more votes for some lounge singer element on TV than in some civic elections in this nation. Unbelievable
There is no better way to trash our culture June 26, 2008
I am grateful to all the reviewers that tried to save money and anxiety and anger for other people or potential readers of this book, by advising against buying it. I find all such comments are very interesting and very inspiring, which are elements you would never find in this book. In particular, I am grateful to the review entitled Show Me the Cheese by Bruce Silveman. It is such a wonderful review which should be published by major newspapers like New York Times and Washington Post. And we can read here for free! This book is an attempt to trash our culture, to put everything valuable we inherited from the past in a dumpster and sell some real garbage as the latest invention of once in a life time. This book and many other books such as the Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Shack, and the book insults God which I don't want to mention here, are all part of effort to show that man can be better off by themselves without the divine guidance of Jesus. Everything in the Western society in the last two hundred years are part of the development of that ideology. Just wait, you will read things worse than this!
 Great Analogy June 20, 2008
The book is a quick read and reread. A good reminder of how we MUST flow with change in our lives.
Who move my cheese June 2, 2008
A short easy listen giving great insight on what happens if you fight change. I for one had difficulty accepting changes that I didn't want, this book presented a new perspective and insight.
 Half Way Done and Loving It May 30, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book was recommended to my from my Real Estate Office. Being in a business that see's change frequently this book really provides a birds eye view of the thought process in dealing with change. It does not tell you how to do things or specify in any fields but rather sparks the notes neccessary on how to relate this to your own life! I hope my wife reads this too!
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