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* October 25 - Surrounded by Idiots
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Tanya
Sep 14, 2017 rated it it was amazing
My boss has raved about this book for ages and has started lending it to everybody in the office.

I would highly recommend it, it is such a short & simple read but very insightful. Anyone who says this is a stupid story just doesn't get it. Its simpleness is the beauty of it. Once you just strip all the useless nonsense off, that's all that left: are you sniff, scurry, hem or haw? Are you the same character in your personal life as well as at work? And what about in your relationship?

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John
Nov 14, 2024 rated it liked it
This was okay - thankfully very short. It is a nice little parable of reacting to change by using cheese and a maze. Not much else to say. Four characters, two mice (Sniff & Scurry), and two "little people" (Hem & Haw).

They find cheese.

Cheese is removed/gone.

Simpleton mice, based upon their basic personalities (hence the names Sniff and Scurry), go to fund more cheese.

The Little People, have issues. They blame everything else except themselves and waste time. Haw decides to eventually laugh abo
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Jeremy Murphy
Jan 06, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Profound classic especially for career changers! Quick read.
Chahna
Feb 15, 2023 rated it liked it
All about accepting change - explained through a very short but subtle story.
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