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Who Moved My Cheese?
(Who Moved My Cheese? #1)
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It is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for example a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health or spiritual peace of mind. The maze is where you look for what you want, perhaps the organisation you work
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Hardcover, 96 pages
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February 7th 2002
by Vermilion
(first published 1998)
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Sep 05, 2007
Seizure Romero
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did not like it
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. ...more
You're welcome. If you still feel the need to spend money please contact me & I will tell you where to send it. ...more
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
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Apr 30, 2012
Ahmad Sharabiani
rated it
really liked it
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20th-century,
business,
philosophy,
self-help,
leadership,
psychology,
non-fiction,
management
Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson
Allegorically, Who Moved My Cheese? features four characters: two mice, "Sniff" and "Scurry," and two Littlepeople, human metaphor, "Hem" and "Haw." (The names of the Littlepeople are taken from the phrase "hem and haw," a term for indecisiveness.)
They live in a maze, a representation of one's environment, and look for cheese, representative of happiness and success.
Initially without cheese, each group, the mice and humans, paired off and traveled the leng ...more
Allegorically, Who Moved My Cheese? features four characters: two mice, "Sniff" and "Scurry," and two Littlepeople, human metaphor, "Hem" and "Haw." (The names of the Littlepeople are taken from the phrase "hem and haw," a term for indecisiveness.)
They live in a maze, a representation of one's environment, and look for cheese, representative of happiness and success.
Initially without cheese, each group, the mice and humans, paired off and traveled the leng ...more
Sep 23, 2008
Tony
rated it
did not like it
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. ...more
Which they did. God help us all. ...more
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
Change or get run over !

A great many people have recommended this particular one to me; I did not read.
We might be the most evolved species on the planet but sometimes we do over-process. Adapting and forecasting change lurking around the corner is mark of sheer greatness.
The best quote perhaps was curbing the wrong interpretations that might be drawn out : that you should try behaving in a new way in the same relationship. Do not change the person but innovate your habits. If you love your part ...more

A great many people have recommended this particular one to me; I did not read.
We might be the most evolved species on the planet but sometimes we do over-process. Adapting and forecasting change lurking around the corner is mark of sheer greatness.
The best quote perhaps was curbing the wrong interpretations that might be drawn out : that you should try behaving in a new way in the same relationship. Do not change the person but innovate your habits. If you love your part ...more
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
Oct 23, 2012
Manny
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Dear Mr. Christ,
I was at that meeting you held the other day up on the hill - I guess you wouldn't remember me, I was at the back of the crowd. Anyway, I really liked it. I gotta admit, some of it kind of went over my head, but it was a great speech. I particularly liked the part with blessed are the cheesemakers, I thought that was inspired. Most people never think about cheese, but I think about it all the time.
Well, like I said, some of it was hard to get, but I talked about it afterwards wit ...more
I was at that meeting you held the other day up on the hill - I guess you wouldn't remember me, I was at the back of the crowd. Anyway, I really liked it. I gotta admit, some of it kind of went over my head, but it was a great speech. I particularly liked the part with blessed are the cheesemakers, I thought that was inspired. Most people never think about cheese, but I think about it all the time.
Well, like I said, some of it was hard to get, but I talked about it afterwards wit ...more
Oct 05, 2007
Otsu yee
rated it
really liked it
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
Way too cheesy (I couldn't resist). While this was probably revolutionary at some point to some people... for me this one did nothing. It's like self-help for middle-graders.
Basically, we've got ourselves a cheesebuster story, about Mice and Men (maybe Of Mice and Men was the original inspiration to compose this pamphlet?) that live in a labyrinth, finding lots of freedom and Cheese in it. Ughhh...
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But Cheese never reappeared. (c)
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It's maze time! (c)
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Why don't you just wait here with me until ...more
Basically, we've got ourselves a cheesebuster story, about Mice and Men (maybe Of Mice and Men was the original inspiration to compose this pamphlet?) that live in a labyrinth, finding lots of freedom and Cheese in it. Ughhh...
Q:
But Cheese never reappeared. (c)
Q:
It's maze time! (c)
Q:
Why don't you just wait here with me until ...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
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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.
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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
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Can't believe it took me only about an hour to finish the book :)
Wow, this book is truly what I need right now! Thank you to the author for such an inspiring and motivational story, maybe it's finally time I realise that it's necessary for me to find my own cheese! by getting into that MAZE out there! :D
This one will never gets old, I assure you, and I highly recommend it to literally anyone! ...more
Wow, this book is truly what I need right now! Thank you to the author for such an inspiring and motivational story, maybe it's finally time I realise that it's necessary for me to find my own cheese! by getting into that MAZE out there! :D
This one will never gets old, I assure you, and I highly recommend it to literally anyone! ...more
If you receive this uninspiring, revolting piece of trash from your employer, start looking for another job -- the end is near!
Change is inevitable, but it doesn't mean workers should sit back and accept everything corporate America dishes out. ...more
Change is inevitable, but it doesn't mean workers should sit back and accept everything corporate America dishes out. ...more
Jun 09, 2008
ba
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did not like it
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review of another edition
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.
...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 blamed this book during the time I was jobless because it was this book that compelled me or I guess goaded me to finally make the decision to quit my job what with its constant glaring advice to go for change. But I also have this book to thank for because if it were not for this book, I would have stuck with my old job and I would not have reached the place I am at now. So, thank you book for coming along my way. By the way, I love cheese.:)
Apr 03, 2007
Christine
rated it
did not like it
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.
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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?
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The review in English down
ملحوظة بسيطة قبل ما أكتب الريفيو باللغة اللي قرأت بيها الكتاب :-
النسخة العربية بتاعة مكتبة جرير مش كاملة مش كاملة مش كاملة مش كاملة :D
, المترجم شايل جمل كتير أوي منها , تقريبا حذف ربعها أو أكتر ,
و لعب المترجم السعودي بالألفاظ ليتحول الكاتب و كأنه إمام جامع :3
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Spencer Johnson talks in this book " as a received a B.A. degree in psychology from the University of Southern California in 1963 " about the Second important basic needs in Maslow's hierarchy of needs
, " Safe ...more
ملحوظة بسيطة قبل ما أكتب الريفيو باللغة اللي قرأت بيها الكتاب :-
النسخة العربية بتاعة مكتبة جرير مش كاملة مش كاملة مش كاملة مش كاملة :D
, المترجم شايل جمل كتير أوي منها , تقريبا حذف ربعها أو أكتر ,
و لعب المترجم السعودي بالألفاظ ليتحول الكاتب و كأنه إمام جامع :3
****
Spencer Johnson talks in this book " as a received a B.A. degree in psychology from the University of Southern California in 1963 " about the Second important basic needs in Maslow's hierarchy of needs
, " Safe ...more
For an inspirational, self-help book, Who Moved My Cheese is an easy, quick read but quite unpleasant too with a very patronizing tone to its narration. I just picked it up out of whim as the Internet is full of positive reviews and praise, so naturally I was curious and also since I had an ebook stashed since forever. But, now after having read this, I am not exactly sure what to make out of it. Well, I am glad I didn't buy and read this and another positive thing was that it was a really short
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Change
Our natural human reaction to comfort, or perceived comfort, is to protect it and hang onto it. Even as that comfort starts to erode we are inclined to ignore the obvious and cling on to what we know. Spencer Johnson has written a very short book that explores how and why we should address change in our lives. Cheese is a metaphor for "What we want in life", whether that be in personal or professional circumstances.
The one constant we have in life is CHANGE. "If we do not change we can be ...more
Our natural human reaction to comfort, or perceived comfort, is to protect it and hang onto it. Even as that comfort starts to erode we are inclined to ignore the obvious and cling on to what we know. Spencer Johnson has written a very short book that explores how and why we should address change in our lives. Cheese is a metaphor for "What we want in life", whether that be in personal or professional circumstances.
The one constant we have in life is CHANGE. "If we do not change we can be ...more
Am in love with the book it's really really will help me with my career and personal, i will I read it long time ago but as they say better late then never.
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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
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This is a very good book. The biggest plus point of this book is that it's short and easy to read.
It gives a good moral lesson in the form of a story that makes it more alluring. ...more
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Spencer Johnson, M.D. left behind a medical career to write short books about life. The most famous was “Who Moved My Cheese?" published in 1998. The book became a publishing phenomenon and a workplace manual. Over 50 million copies of Spencer Johnson’s books are in use worldwide in 47 languages.
Dr. Johnson's ...more
Spencer Johnson, M.D. left behind a medical career to write short books about life. The most famous was “Who Moved My Cheese?" published in 1998. The book became a publishing phenomenon and a workplace manual. Over 50 million copies of Spencer Johnson’s books are in use worldwide in 47 languages.
Dr. Johnson's ...more
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