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Avg. Rating: 3.22
By: Myke007
When a fable is so widely embraced by corporate America\'s top dogs that they assign it as reading home work to mid level employees, it\'s time to be afraid.
Although the moral of this story can be successfully applied to various personal situations, I can easily see business executives using it as a way of unfairly labeling those at the bottom of the ladder in order to justify unreasonable work loads, unethical lay offs, forced resignations,etc.
This book was a joke while kissing upper management\'s a**. Towards the end of one version, the narrator recites a situation where he had to discard the \"Hems\" (the least motivated character in the fable who was largely responsible for his own dreary predicament)in his own company. Aha...what a wonderful message to our nation\'s work force: The Board of Directors Can Do No Wrong; The Peons Are Lazy Sloths Who Refuse To Adapt To Change.
The properness of such changes is never discussed. Agreeing completely with the moral of Who Moved My Cheese is nothing but blind allegiance.
The writer of such a negative review may also be labeled as a \"Hem\", but I think that is the ultimate goal of this over-rated story.
A New Look at Career Change
The little book is easily read in less than an hour, and I recommend it for people undergoing career change, particularly one not of their own choice. What can you learn from a fable? In this story, two mice willingly enter the maze in pursuit of new cheese locations because that's the way to find the new cheese. They expect the cheese to move, and they keep their running shoes handy. Two people, on the other hand, waste time by bemoaning the loss of the cheese and declaring it all really unfair. The journey toward new cheese is painful and slower than it needs to be, as change needs to be embraced, not resisted.For those in career transition, there is a deadly tendency to waste valuable time in analyzing the past - what happened? Why did it happen? Could it have been prevented? And meanwhile, those scurrying little mice are on their way, grabbing the best opportunities. There is wisdom here for you! You can learn to get going, keep pursuing leads, make mistakes, bump up against obstacles, and still arrive at a fulfilling destination. You will also recognize lost opportunities and wasted hours of complaining. As a career counselor, I personally wish I had read this book twenty years ago - it would have told me to get up, get going, and explore new corridors in the maze of life.
It's Simple And Powerful
The many reviewers who are giving this book one star are probably individuals who are apparently upset with their employers - and not the author. So what if the book is simple, the author is only keeping within his publisher's suggestions and guidelines for short books. Big deal. The book is simple, short but has basic strengths we need to think about. Often as humans - we simply overlook them. There is a need to sometimes pull away from your present structure (company) or other areas in your life (parenting or personal) and begin your own cheese. Stop complaining and do something about it. You must admit, it took this book to get you motivated to blow off steam. Since Amazon.com doesn't allow us a space for recommended books or comparisons, we have to force our suggestions in "added" comments into our reviews. In fact, sometimes they get in and sometimes they don't. For example, I'd like to offer some worthy words from two other authors for all adults and hope they get in. ALL people - including MOMS AND DADS - should read "Ten Things I Wished I'd Known Before Going Out Into The Real World." This book is for personal, business and even parenting. "MOMMY-CEO," by Jodie Lynn is another title which is promoted as parenting and self-help but can be utilized as personal and business. We used it in staff meetings and it opened all of our eyes with simple rules. It is about changing your life plan to follow 5 Golden Rules to enhance a better family environment (same as Cheese can do). Just like Who Moved My Cheese, the book can be interchanged among various individuals - whether you are male or female - working or not. In other words, some parenting books can be utilized as business and personal reference books and vice versa. I use Ten Things I Wished I'd Known, Mommy-CEO, and now, Who Moved My cheese in the office and in my home with my spouse and kids. For the record, Mommy-CEO is not about breaking the glass ceiling. The comparison between the three books are real and here's hoping the review editors at Amazon.com realize this and offer my suggestions for all three books as being top producers for change in business, personal, and yes, parenting. Remember, all three books can be interchanged for all people married or single with kids or without. Face it, elaborate plans falter - simple cheese is better.
A Modern Day Parable
Some people just don't get "Who Moved My Cheese?" This is prefectly acceptable, because it will not work for everybody. Just like biblical parables, it is often interpreted in different ways. If you have not read it, I suggest that you give it a chance.I first encountered the book in graduate school and enjoyed it a great deal. Only recently, has my cheese been moved. Although prepared for my cheese to be moved, I find myself looking for my new cheese. The theme of the book deals with the adjustments or adaptations we must make in our lives periodically. All facets of life are really based in social darwinism, or survival of the fittest. While you may not like the book, you must agree that adaptation is the key to success and satisfaction in life.
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