Estimated Reading Time 1 Minutes
Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons; 1st edition (September 8, 1998)
Hardcover : 96 pages
ISBN: 978-0399144462
Thoughts: This is a great allegory on how to accept change and move forward in your life. It’s a quick read and you could finish the book easily in an afternoon. If you are struggling with change or if you feel stuck in your life, this would be helpful.
Favorite Quote: What you are afraid of is never as bad as what you imagine. The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.
First sentence: Once, long ago in a land far away, there lived four little characters who ran through a maze looking for cheese to nourish them and make them happy.
Summary from Amazon.com:
A timeless business classic, Who Moved My Cheese? uses a simple parable to reveal profound truths about dealing with change so that you can enjoy less stress and more success in your work and in your life.
It would be all so easy if you had a map to the Maze.
If the same old routines worked.
If they’d just stop moving “The Cheese.”
But things keep changing…
Most people are fearful of change, both personal and professional, because they don’t have any control over how or when it happens to them. Since change happens either to the individual or by the individual, Dr. Spencer Johnson, the coauthor of the multimillion bestseller The One Minute Manager, uses a deceptively simple story to show that when it comes to living in a rapidly changing world, what matters most is your attitude.
Exploring a simple way to take the fear and anxiety out of managing the future, Who Moved My Cheese? can help you discover how to anticipate, acknowledge, and accept change in order to have a positive impact on your job, your relationships, and every aspect of your life.
