Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780091883768
Edition: New edition
ISBN: 0091883768
Label: Vermilion
Manufacturer: Vermilion
Number Of Pages: 98
Publication Date: February 07, 2002
Publisher: Vermilion
Studio: Vermilion

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Change can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. The message of Who Moved My Cheese? is that all can come to see it as a blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their lives. Who Moved My Cheese? is a parable that takes place in a maze. Four beings live in that maze: Sniff and Scurry are mice, non-analytical and non-judgmental; they just want cheese and are willing to do whatever it takes to get it. Hem and Haw are "little people", mouse-size humans who have an entirely different relationship with cheese. It's not just sustenance to them; it's their self-image. Their lives and belief systems are built around the cheese they've found. Most of us reading the story will see the cheese as something related to our livelihoods--our jobs, our career paths, the industries we work in--although it can stand for anything, from health to relationships. The point of the story is that we have to be alert to changes in the cheese and be prepared to go running off in search of new sources of cheese when the cheese we have runs out.

Dr. Johnson, co-author of The One Minute Manager and many other books, presents this parable to business, church groups, schools, military organisations--anywhere where you find people who may fear or resist change. And although more analytical and sceptical readers may find the tale a little too simplistic, its beauty is that it sums up all natural history in just 94 pages: things change. They always have changed and always will change. And while there's no single way to deal with change, the consequence of pretending change won't happen is always the same: the cheese runs out. --Lou Schuler, Amazon.com




Rating: - Amazing little book that has tranformed my life (I joke you not)
I have been going through an intensive 2 years of being bullied by a manager that I have come to the conclusion is a psychopath. I quit a month ago (I should have moved when I realised that ghastly smell of rotting kraft cheese spread wasn't really cheese at all!... You will understand when you read the book...)

I was actually looking for some ideas about how to present a 'short guide to psychopathic management' as a spoof management 'how not to' tool (if you are a publisher let me ... Read More

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Rating: - A simple but seminal text
This title is heavily written in the metaphor and conversational style that Dr Spencer Johnson uses in his works. The storyline is simple and the forewords of use in 'using' the book.

The book is divided into three sections; setting the scene; the tale itself; and analysis of the tale and it's meanings in life (ie how it can be applied).

If you take it at face value then it does either provide an insight into our psyches and how we do deal with change and change situations; ... Read More

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Rating: - Compulsary
Everyone should have not only have one of these but lend others it.
I'm surprised by the number of people that have never heard of this book.

-- Lee

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Rating: - Like stilton, this stinks.
I guess the book's okay if you consider yourself to be a mouse, that its legitimate for unseen others to experiment upon you and that you should just go with it when they do. The book leaves little room for the kind of critical insight that might lead 'mice' to escape the maze or simply to give up cheese.

It's not a book I'd recommend to anyone, but I'm sure 'Doctor' Johnson won't miss my sales recommendation.

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Rating: - A Kick Up The Butt!
Since reading this book I've bought it for other people, all who seem to be stuck in a rut, or unable to move themselves forward.

It's a very quick and easy read (read it in a couple of hours) but it presents a logic that seems just that ... logical.

If you're scared of change but don't want to continue along the path that you're currently on, this book offers a great perspective. Don't be afraid of what's around the corner ...

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