Who Moved My Cheese: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

by Dr Spencer Johnson

take his changing situation seriously but not take himself so seriously.

He decided that if he ever got the chance again, he would get out of his comfort zone and adapt to change sooner. It would make things easier.

The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.

He used to think more about what could go wrong than what could go right.

He used to believe that Cheese should never be moved and that change wasn’t right. Now he realized it was natural for change to continually occur, whether you expect it or not. Change could surprise you only if you didn’t expect it and weren’t looking for it.

He knew he had learned something useful about moving on from his mice friends, Sniff and Scurry. They kept life simple. They didn’t overanalyze or overcomplicate things. When the situation changed and the Cheese had been moved, they changed and moved with the Cheese. He would remember that.

While Haw still had a great supply of Cheese, he often went out into the Maze and explored new areas to stay in touch with what was happening around him. He knew it was safer to be aware of his real choices than to isolate himself in his comfort zone.