Key Themes:
Life Skills,Overcoming Change,Growth Mindset,Positive Thinking,Self-development,Emotional Intelligence
Summary:
Who Moved My Cheese by Dr Spencer Johnson is all about handling change. Depending on your perspective, this can be distressing or rewarding. “Who Moved My Cheese” is a parable that demonstrates in practical terms how to more effectively manage and change and avoid potential pitfalls. Johnson outlines how you can adopt a series of principles to help you master change, such as: anticipate and prepare for change, overcome fears, envision success, and enjoy the journey. Using simple, memorable characters and scenarios, this fairy tale provides a relatable framework for successfully adapting to change.
Content Overview:
Who moved my cheese is a story about four characters who live in a maze and have a passion for cheese. One day the cheese magically disappears, two of the characters Scurry and Sniff waste no time heading out into the maze to find new cheese. However, the other two characters, Hem and Hall are totally knocked sideways and just stay and complain. Instead of looking for a solution, they waste both time and energy hoping the old cheese will return. After a time, Hall recognises that the old cheese isn’t coming back so he goes into the maze in search for new cheese. As he goes along, he writes the lessons that he learns on the walls hoping that Hem will follow him. Finally, he bumps into Scurry and Sniff and finds new cheese. In this parable, cheese a metaphor for anything that you want to have in life. It could be a successful business, happy relationship, wealth or health.
This book will show you how to:
- Anticipate change
- Adapt to change quickly
- Enjoy change
- Be ready to change quickly, again and again.
The book’s focus is that things change and to survive and thrive we need to adapt. And, the quicker that we do that, the happier and more fulfilled we will be.
Rating: 9/10
Johnson takes a complicated subject i.e. change and simplifies it to create a clever but effective parable. It’s easy to see the lessons and to see the value of adapting to change quickly.
Readability: 10/10
This is written in the style of a children’s story and is a lovely read. Johnson’s profound book, brings powerful lessons through an engaging story. Relevant to all ages.
Does what it says on the tin: 9/10
The title is engaging but it’s the story that captivates. I defy anyone not to get significant value and life lessons from this.
