Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

by Spencer Johnson

Haw shut his eyes as tight as he could and put his hands over his ears. He just wanted to block everything out. He didn’t want to know the Cheese supply had gradually been getting smaller.

If You Do Not Change, You Can Become Extinct.

Haw smiled. He knew Hem was wondering, “Who moved my cheese?” but Haw was wondering, “Why didn’t I get up and move with the Cheese, sooner?”

What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?

Smell The Cheese Often So You Know When It Is Getting Old

It Is Safer To Search In The Maze, Than Remain In A Cheeseless Situation.

Noticing Small Changes Early Helps You Adapt To The Bigger Changes That Are To Come.

He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly—then you can let go and quickly move on.

He knew he needed to adapt faster, for if you do not adapt in time, you might as well not adapt at all.

He had to admit that the biggest inhibitor to change lies within yourself, and that nothing gets better until you change.

he realized that there is always New Cheese out there whether you recognize it at the time, or not. And that you are rewarded with it when you go...

Then, Haw heard what he thought was the sound of movement out in the Maze. As the noise grew louder, he realized that someone was coming.

“In short, a change imposed is a change opposed.