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Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
With Who Moved My Cheese? Dr. Spencer Johnson realizes the need for finding the language and tools to deal with change--an issue that makes all of us nervous and uncomfortable. Most people are fearful of change because they don't believe they have any control over how or when it happens to them. Since change happens either to the individual or by the individual, Spencer Jo...more
Hardcover, 96 pages
Published
September 8th 1998
by Putnam Adult
(first published 1998)
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Apr 05, 2013
Max
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Recommends it for:
The habitually defeated
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The 1st date that never happened
When I saw a hot hispanic girl reading this book I used it as a conversation starter.
"What are you reading?"
She opened up and told me it was the best book she had read in a long time and it really helped her in her social, professional, and her family lives. In order to impress her with my devotion I took down her phone number and immediately read the thing to secure a successful conversation on our upcoming date.
After pondering the fact that she loved this book more than my neighbor loves N...more
"What are you reading?"
She opened up and told me it was the best book she had read in a long time and it really helped her in her social, professional, and her family lives. In order to impress her with my devotion I took down her phone number and immediately read the thing to secure a successful conversation on our upcoming date.
After pondering the fact that she loved this book more than my neighbor loves N...more
Sep 26, 2007
Brian
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1 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
mice w/ teeny tennis shoes.
You can read this book in about 45 minutes, but it will feel like a week. I think that I would have enjoyed the Spanish version better. I don't speak Spanish.
I don't know whether the authors of this book have an employer, but if they do, I would recommend a "random" drug test.
This book is about a team of two mice and a team of two minature exectives who each slide into a pair of size 0.005 sneakers and run through a maze in search of cheese. All goes well--until somebody moved the cheese! Chaos...more
I don't know whether the authors of this book have an employer, but if they do, I would recommend a "random" drug test.
This book is about a team of two mice and a team of two minature exectives who each slide into a pair of size 0.005 sneakers and run through a maze in search of cheese. All goes well--until somebody moved the cheese! Chaos...more
This is a book about victimized lower and middle class mice trapped in a corporate capitalist maze, forced by The Man to scurry around, looking for "The Cheese" (salary, 401K, maybe even decent PPO or HMO). Then The Man (maybe Boeing, maybe American Airlines, maybe Monsanto--whoever) MOVES THE CHEESE because it interferes with his quarterly earnings reports or THE CHEESE will be more cost effective if it is shipped to China or Rwanda where labor is cheaper. So what are the mice supposed to do? A...more
Sep 05, 2007
Seizure Romero
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Recommends it for:
anyone who can't find his/her own ass using both hands & a flashlight.
SPOILER ALERT! I am going to save anyone who thinks they need to read this book time & money by summarizing the entire book in the next two sentences: Things change. Learn to adapt.
You're welcome. If you still feel the need to spend money please contact me & I will tell you where to send it.
You're welcome. If you still feel the need to spend money please contact me & I will tell you where to send it.
Jan 30, 2008
Ben Briggs
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Recommends it for:
nobody I like
Silly little self promoting book. First third is a bunch of people sitting around talking about this new silver-bullet omniscient business book that changed their lives.
Middle third is this fairy tale that I can sum up in five (5) words: SHIT HAPPENS, GET OVER IT.
And finally the most insulting part is the last third where that group of high-potential future cult followers reassembles and discusses this epiphany of a book that they have read and they all agree to buy copies for all of their fri...more
Middle third is this fairy tale that I can sum up in five (5) words: SHIT HAPPENS, GET OVER IT.
And finally the most insulting part is the last third where that group of high-potential future cult followers reassembles and discusses this epiphany of a book that they have read and they all agree to buy copies for all of their fri...more
The writer did nothing more than put some facts that we all now in a childish story. The book was so cheesy and I didn't like it (pun intended). And what's with the savior persona Dr.Spencer? Chillax okay? "I have changed the lives of millions of people". How about you change your profession and focus on something else other than writing? You like "change", don't you?
Feb 26, 2008
Cecil
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Shelves:
any-fool-can-write-a-book
This book reminds me of an old Groucho Marx routine: Patient: Doctor, I get a stabbing pain in my eye every time I take a drink of tea. What should I do? Doctor: Take the spoon out of the cup. [rim-shot]. Sadly, the lack of ability to see the obvious is pandemic in the corporate world, so I am not at all surprised that this restatement of the obvious was such a major hit in the business world. Not that I am cynical after my life as a corporate prisoner, but my observation is that there really ar...more
...Reading this book is like sitting through one of those stupid motivational speeches. It was obviously written as such, and then a loose "story" was thrown over top of the content to make it into a book. I mean, there are points, where you can actually visualize a person showing the power point slides with one of the sayings in the book written on it, trying to pump up the crowd by saying it with force, and the crowd clapping...
The book took me about 45 minutes to read, but it felt much longer...more
The book took me about 45 minutes to read, but it felt much longer...more
I'm giving it 2 stars simply because it's mildly amusing. Makes interesting points but these are not things that any grown person hasn't already figured out. I think this would be better suited for a high school student for the purpose of preparing to go out into the real world some day. It could give them a little forward look and maybe it would even help them realize that every little thing is not the end of the world. Tomorrow will come. Remember whenyou were 14 or 15. Everything was the fuck...more
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THis book is a contestor for the most STUPID BOOK award. If you are a person who believes that little teeny people who are content to eat cheese, and are outsmarted with ease by mice,who realize they must look for more cheese sources from time to time-can give YOU advice- then you STILL shouldnt read this book,because its STILL absurd advice to problems no one has, written so badly that it will become the new definition of a bad, HORRID book. Unless you have a friend to read with so you can lAUG...more
This is a book about how two mice named Sniff and Scurry and two miniature humans named Hem and Haw (that's right) are trapped in a maze that serves as a metaphor for the inherent restrictions and viccisitudes of our lives. One day some invisible force beyond their control takes the cheese from a sector of the maze, sending our mice and little people looking for more, if, indeed there is anymore to be had. Sniff and Scurry, we are told, have the right attitude because "they keep life simple...th...more
Jun 09, 2008
ba
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1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
buisness assholes
Recommended to ba by:
buisness assholes
My 9 month old son has books with smaller type and which make more sense. The author is worse than Hitler.
May 06, 2008
Yulia
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1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
idiots
Recommended to Yulia by:
an ex who couldn't finish an education ph.d., used his bong ever
Shelves:
idiotic,
non-fiction
Note: NOT to be confused with Who Moved My Cheese? For Kids.
Phew, thanks for the warning.
Phew, thanks for the warning.
For years I have managed to avoid reading the popular book Who Moved My Cheese? However, it was recently recommended to me because I mentioned that I'm not especially enthusiastic about change.
I wish I could un-read this book. I thought it was overly simplistic and rather insulting to any intelligent person. This book contains such clever little proverbs as "He was happy when he wasn't being run by his fears" (in other words, just stop being afraid, and you'll be happy). Ok, good, I'll try that...more
I wish I could un-read this book. I thought it was overly simplistic and rather insulting to any intelligent person. This book contains such clever little proverbs as "He was happy when he wasn't being run by his fears" (in other words, just stop being afraid, and you'll be happy). Ok, good, I'll try that...more
Oct 05, 2007
Otsu yee
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
someone who is willing to look at themselves and decide how they feel about change
When my boss first gave me this book to read, I was definately in place where I had no interest in even knowing what my attitude was towards change. After taking an hour to read the book, I found it to be ridiculous and that it didn't apply to me at all -- "I had always been an advocate for change, what the hell was my boss trying to tell me?"
After going through some difficult times at work with restructure and having to change peoples' roles and responsibilities, I decided to re-read the story...more
After going through some difficult times at work with restructure and having to change peoples' roles and responsibilities, I decided to re-read the story...more
Sep 23, 2008
Tony
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Recommends it for:
its author, to be read forever and ever in Hell
It requires a unique sort of demonic skill to take the utterly obvious, lather it with sentimentality, turn it into an animal story, give it a big font and wide margins so that what really ought to be a pamphlet handed out for free on subways becomes instead a "book," and then expect businesspeople to buy it.
Which they did. God help us all.
Which they did. God help us all.
Apr 03, 2007
Christine
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
only to people I wanted to insult
Is there a more asinine book on the planet? I'd be hard pressed to find it. That is was a bestseller speaks volumes to the apalling lack of real education in America today. I am fairly certain that they force you to read this book in hell... oh, wait I'm confusing eternal damnation with my office. Sorry.
فكرة الكتاب ملخصة في مقدمته :
من الذي حرك قطعة الجبن الخاصه بي ؟ هي حكايه رمزيه ذات مغزى اخلاقي تكشف اعمق الحقائق حول التغيير ، انها قصه مسليه
تنويريه تدور حول اربعه اشخاص يعيشون في متاهة ويبحثون عن قطع الجبن التي تمدهم بالغذاء وبالسعاده أيضاً .
اثنان منهم فأران يطلق عليهما سنيف و سكوري والاثنان الآخران قزمان في حجم الفئران ولكنهما يتصرفان كالبشر ويدعيان هيم و هاو
والجبن ماهو الا استعاره مجازيه عما تريد أن تحققه في حياتك سواء أكان وظيفه مرموقه أو علاقه حب أو مركز أو صحه جيده أو سلام العقل و الروح
و...more
من الذي حرك قطعة الجبن الخاصه بي ؟ هي حكايه رمزيه ذات مغزى اخلاقي تكشف اعمق الحقائق حول التغيير ، انها قصه مسليه
تنويريه تدور حول اربعه اشخاص يعيشون في متاهة ويبحثون عن قطع الجبن التي تمدهم بالغذاء وبالسعاده أيضاً .
اثنان منهم فأران يطلق عليهما سنيف و سكوري والاثنان الآخران قزمان في حجم الفئران ولكنهما يتصرفان كالبشر ويدعيان هيم و هاو
والجبن ماهو الا استعاره مجازيه عما تريد أن تحققه في حياتك سواء أكان وظيفه مرموقه أو علاقه حب أو مركز أو صحه جيده أو سلام العقل و الروح
و...more
خوب، این یک واقعیّت است که زندگی برای هر شخصی بر یک منوال و یا به قول قدیمیها: " بر یک در نمیچرخد". ما در طول عمر خود فراز و نشیبهای گوناگونی را پشت سر میگذاریم و همینطور شرایط به شدت متفاوت
دکتر (اسپنسر جانسون) در این کتاب آمده است با داستانی ساده این نوشتهای که ملاحظه فرمودید را به صورتی داستانی کوتاه و چهار شخصیت داستانی روایت نموده که ظاهراً از کتابهای پر فروش در آمریکا و ترجمههای متفاوت آن در ایران و تیراژ و نوبت چاپ آن نیز در ایران نشان میدهد که در این کشور نیز خوانندگان پر و پا قر...more
دکتر (اسپنسر جانسون) در این کتاب آمده است با داستانی ساده این نوشتهای که ملاحظه فرمودید را به صورتی داستانی کوتاه و چهار شخصیت داستانی روایت نموده که ظاهراً از کتابهای پر فروش در آمریکا و ترجمههای متفاوت آن در ایران و تیراژ و نوبت چاپ آن نیز در ایران نشان میدهد که در این کشور نیز خوانندگان پر و پا قر...more
Everyone at work was given a copy of this book. It took about half an hour to read, and I definitely understand why our company saw fit to give everyone a copy of this book in hopes that they would read it.
It's all a metaphor for change and dealing with change, and the points it makes are good ones and true to boot. It just wasn't written terribly well. The intro and outro sounded like a jr. high school student wrote them. I guess the whole thing did, really, but because the story is such a sim...more
It's all a metaphor for change and dealing with change, and the points it makes are good ones and true to boot. It just wasn't written terribly well. The intro and outro sounded like a jr. high school student wrote them. I guess the whole thing did, really, but because the story is such a sim...more
I came into work and there was a book on my desk from someone who shall remain anonymous.
I read the book in about an hour. It is a simple parable meant to help people.
The basic premise of the book is that change happens and you just have to deal with it. If you don't deal with it, you are going to be unhappy, unproductive and you are going to get cut from your job.
There are four characters. The characters are stuck in a maze. There is cheese in various parts of the maze. Two of the characters w...more
I read the book in about an hour. It is a simple parable meant to help people.
The basic premise of the book is that change happens and you just have to deal with it. If you don't deal with it, you are going to be unhappy, unproductive and you are going to get cut from your job.
There are four characters. The characters are stuck in a maze. There is cheese in various parts of the maze. Two of the characters w...more
Reading this reminded me of why I hate pop psych/pop management books. The writing is terrible, the message is oversimplified and the font is gigantic (an effort to pad the book out to 90 pages, I think). And the intro and conclusion are just a marketing ploy to encourage managers to buy lots of copies to give to their employees. This book could be read in 20 minutes, but I'll save you some time and tell you that change will happen in your life, and you have to deal with it. The end.
So I got this strange little self-help-y looking book from my friend Alexs from work (on my boss's recommendation as well). Following the jacket ads, yes, it DID only take about an hour of my time to read; no, it DIDN'T change my life completely. But it's a good book to read to find out what kind of person you are in the face of change, if you already know.
I've determined that for work/every day stuff, I'm a Scurry. I don't readily sniff out change before it happens, but once it does, I move int...more
I've determined that for work/every day stuff, I'm a Scurry. I don't readily sniff out change before it happens, but once it does, I move int...more
they keep on moving the cheese!!!
You are gonna move with it or you will just live with the illusion that they will bring it all back to you???
through out the maze of life some fear is just respected just to keep u out of real danger,but don't let it hold you from changing when you need it
......go past your fears , LET GO and move on
as they will move you cheese again and again and again
So if you are one of those having problems with change,read this book
You are gonna move with it or you will just live with the illusion that they will bring it all back to you???
through out the maze of life some fear is just respected just to keep u out of real danger,but don't let it hold you from changing when you need it
......go past your fears , LET GO and move on
as they will move you cheese again and again and again
So if you are one of those having problems with change,read this book
I don't feel enlightened in any way. But unlike most other self-help books, it at least skipped the overuse of desperate attempts of trying to give a deep sense of understanding, promise and hope while over analysing things in the lengthiest damn way possible. It was a short story; well, in terms of the word count anyway. It repeats the things you've heard a million times before. And you're like, "Okay, dude, climax time! Spill the secret!" But oh hey, there is no secret. And maybe it's just my...more
عندما يتغير ما حولنا.. قد نستغربه ومن ثم نغض الطرف عنه.. قد نحاربه.. قد نعيش معه!
تصرفاتنا فرع عن تصوراتنا
التغيير يأتي من الداخل
علينا ملاحظة التغييرات الطفيفة والتنبه لها لأنها قد تؤدي لتغييرات جذرية
الحياة وتيرة من التغييرات علينا التكيف معها والاستمتاع بها ومنحها قدرها من النشاط والانتاجية
الإيمان سرّ التغيير.. وهو سنة الله في خلقه
فكرة تغيير الذات للوصول إلى هدف ما ليست فكرة جديدة على المعتقد الإسلامي
الجديد في الكتاب هو مدى تكيفنا مع التغيير الخارجي المألوف ومدى تقبلنا لأن نتغير بدورنا!
قصة بسيطة...more
تصرفاتنا فرع عن تصوراتنا
التغيير يأتي من الداخل
علينا ملاحظة التغييرات الطفيفة والتنبه لها لأنها قد تؤدي لتغييرات جذرية
الحياة وتيرة من التغييرات علينا التكيف معها والاستمتاع بها ومنحها قدرها من النشاط والانتاجية
الإيمان سرّ التغيير.. وهو سنة الله في خلقه
فكرة تغيير الذات للوصول إلى هدف ما ليست فكرة جديدة على المعتقد الإسلامي
الجديد في الكتاب هو مدى تكيفنا مع التغيير الخارجي المألوف ومدى تقبلنا لأن نتغير بدورنا!
قصة بسيطة...more
What a waste of time this book was. It only took about 15-30 minutes to read, but I was begging God to give that time back to me. This book is the perfect example of all that was wrong with U.S. business culture in the late 90s up to the crash of the overinflated tech industry. It was a time when the simplest things were made massively complicated. Every old idea rehashed with buzz words was a "paradigm shift in the new economy." It was a time when any inexperienced college grad with Birkenstock...more
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Spencer Johnson, M.D., is the author of several New York Times bestsellers, including The One Minute Manager, all in the entertaining style of a parable that contains useful information readers can use in their own lives. There are more than thirteen million copies of his books in print in over twenty-five languages.
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