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 enlarge | Author: Spencer Johnson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1457 reviews
Sales Rank: 1742249
Format: Box Calendar
Media: Calendar
Edition: Pag
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 5.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0740716905
EAN: 9780740716904
ASIN: 0740716905
Publication Date: July 15, 2001
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 Good for something... September 25, 2008
It has been well documented that the people in this book are appalling stereotypes of average-Joe workers. Whose instinct is to moan about things that are out with their control rather than do something about it. I won't add to this by pointing out how offensive this is again.
Sod it, yes I will!!
I was one of those people who came across this book when the company I worked for bought thousands of copies and gave them out to people during an endless run of re-orgs. No doubt expecting us all to think "Ahh-now I get it, we have no rights. We should be like brainless animals and follow the commands of our betters". At the time the company weren't so much 'Moving The Cheese' as having "The Cheese" continuously flown around the world, attached by a long string to the back of a blind Stork. Occasionally, you would see "The Cheese" fly by the window on the 19th Floor.
Incidentally the HR Director who thought this was a great idea also thought that "Big Brother" (before the reality shows began) was a good thing. Unveiling a new coaching initiative with the slogan "Big Brother is back". When I challenged her on this (pointing out that Big Brother was a symbol of a totalitarian regime who tortured and killed anyone who even thought of standing up to them) her response was "But they (meaning the staff) won't know that". So her credibility was already gone by the time of "The Cheese" fiasco.
I'd like to say that the workers rebelled against the ideas that this book put forward and stood as one against the lacklustre management of the company while simultaneously burning the HR Director on a stack of Who Moved My Cheeses.
Or that the workforce upped and left (inspired by the book) and the company was forced to hire Mice, who were completely unable to operate even the simplest telephone system or grasp the concept of video-conferencing (but were cheap and had surprisingly good timekeeping and attendance). Thus sending the company share price plummeting and forcing the Management team into hiding in Rangoon.
Unfortunately, as you've probably guessed, everyone just shrugged their shoulders and started looking for Jobs on Monster.com. As is common in these cases, the really talented people got jobs elsewhere no problem and the company was left with the poor few who couldn't.
I was one of the lucky ones who got out. And now just a few years later this well-established Company is gone.
And the moral is - if your employers ever give you a copy of this book shove it up their a** and get the hell out of there!!
So as an indicator that you work for idiots.....it is good for something.
 A good thought provoker September 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An excellent book that makes us think the way we are now and helps us move forward. After reading, I was laughing at my self and was comparing myself with the 4 characters in the book. A book worth kept for any time reading.
My wify's little boook review September 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Who moved My Cheese." This is a very interesting book which touch base on the basic human ways of dealing, reacting and processing life's changes.
The book introduce to us simple character that act as a form reaction so to say. In life we will run into complication. In life we will encounter unexpected change if we don't already know that there are molds growing. In life we will allow fear to inhibit our senses of the need to let go of our comfort zone and venture.
To venture out and seek something new, better can be very uncomfortable to somebody who feel as if everything is a okay or is working for them. We don't want to have to struggle to an unexpected zone because fear tells us maybe there is nothing out there better than what we already have.
Fear becomes the dominate self criticizers.
We have been program to go through steps in our lives. From not knowing as infant...the ability to crawl, walk then run; to going through a programmed chapter in our lives from elementary, high school, college, grad school and then getting the big job. What else should we do. Have we not found the "big cheese?" Yet it is perhaps this way of comformity is what traps us in the many form of unhappiness we face.
We try to be content with our jobs, our relationship, our life but in doing so we have harness this comformity along with fear of decomforming. We want to look for "new cheese," becuase the "cheese" we have now is either molding or just not being the "cheese," we thought it would be.
It is not the idea that if something is great we should disregard it and look for something better. It is the idea that we should open our minds and think outside of the box. Maybe the journey may be long, maybe we will only finds crumbs, and maybe we will find a whole new batch of cheese that is better tasting than the ones we have. The idea is our life does not just end at one station of cheese. Living is believing in yourself. Finding that letting go of your fear and learning that worries and trouble thoughts we have can confine us and stop us. The matter can easily be dealt with a simple laugh and a strong mindset that there are better things out there. Life does not end at one place.
The book taught me the easiness of life. We should not hold too much value in any aspect of our life because life is unpredictable, things change. What we should do is be the best and the happiess in our moment of comfort but fear not for changes or sell ourself short by stopping. "Never give up" life is about happiness and where can we find happiness? It's not in finding "New cheese." It in the process of regaining ourselves in every aspect; from confidence to freedom.
"Who Moved My Cheese?" Does that question really need to be asked? Maybe the cheese need to be moved.
-TK
 The Mystery of Change August 31, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a corporate director of human resources, it is a good day when I find a book that can actually be put to good use in our managerial training. This is one of those books. In fact, it is one of the rare books that weeks and months after using, I still find that managers refer to "cheese" when dealing with change management problems and solutions.
While change certainly means different things to different people, the basic underlying theme is the same. The world as we know it will cease to exist and how will you respond.
I find that the really good management books will usually use a story or parable in getting the point across. This is far superior to dry, straight away lecture. The stories make visual connections and these stick with adults. I highly recommend this book for anyone in management. Whether first line supervisor or CEO.
Michael L. Gooch, SPHR, Author of Wingtips with Spurs
Skeptic Impressed August 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was required to read this book for a college class. One of my classmates and I were skeptical of how this book could be of any help, since it is not the scientific literature we're used to reading. I was pleasantly surprised. The simplicity of the story allows the reader to easily apply the information to his/her-self and quickly realize some possible bad habits.
I will surely be able to apply the lessons in this small book to my professional career as a personal trainer and co-owner of L.E.A.N. Wellness Center in Mesa, AZ. (www.getleanstaylean.com)
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