Who Moved My Cheese? Change Survival Kit

I share most of the sentiments other negative reviewers have expressed about the book. It's insulting 2 every employee's intelligence (if they have any), although it was a nice way 2 waste several hours (it took me about 15 minutes 2 read the book, but we spent hours having meetings & group talks about it led by management). Just thinking about it now makes me glad 2 be out of the corporate realm & in a small private office.

Everything in this book should come as common sense 2 any employee worth their paycheck. And it's not necessarily the right way of going about things, although having a positive attitude always helps you out regardless of what situation you're in. But blindly following change does not always make you a good employee, & that's where this book steers its readers wrong. Having respect 4 your supervisors is important, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't question their ideas & motivations, or provide feedback on the changes they've chosen 2 implement. Believe it or not, this can be done respectfully & intelligently - this book makes it seem as if any protests you make or concerns you express just translate 2 'heming & hawing', so quit your whining & get back 2 work. This kind of black & white outlook damages professional credibility & relationships & really just makes the environment an unpleasant one 2 work in.

That said, I would love 2 see what the writers from The Office could do with this material.

I am surprised that more people are not raving about this simple book that uses simple concepts that can be so amazingly powerful. Recognizing how we deal with change, & really understanding what that means in our lives, can be one of the most powerfully moving experiences, & life altering events.

I was so impressed with it at work, I made my whole extended family (even those in Iran) read it. They all enjoyed it, & some even made significant changes in how they look at their lives as a result.

How do you handle change, & what can that mean 4 you? Read the book & find out - & share it with friends & family!

This is a great book. The seller was very quick 2 mail my order & the service was excellent. A+++++++

The book opens up awareness of possible change(s) that are needed in ANY organization. GREAT eye openner

I received the book very quickly, I needed it 4 school & got it in time. It was like new if not new.

The Change Survival Kit is an A-Mazing Way 2 Deal with Changes in Your Work & in Your Life. It reminds you 2 use what you discovered in the "Cheese" story - & enjoy it!
The kit contains:
A copy of the #1 Hardcover Book
12 Animated Reminders
24 Screen Saver Prompts
12 Desktop Wallpapers
Photo-Top Mouse pad
FREE! Multi-Level Maze Game

Change can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. The message of Who Moved My Cheese? is that all can come 2 see it as a blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese & 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 & Scurry are mice--nonanalytical & nonjudgmental, they just want cheese & are willing 2 do whatever it takes 2 get it. Hem & Haw are "littlepeople," mouse-size humans who have an entirely different relationship with cheese. It's not just sustenance 2 them; it's their self-image. Their lives & belief systems are built around the cheese they've found. Most of us reading the story will see the cheese as something related 2 our livelihoods--our jobs, our career paths, the industries we work in--although it can stand 4 anything, from health 2 relationships. The point of the story is that we have 2 be alert 2 changes in the cheese, & be prepared 2 go running off in search of new sources of cheese when the cheese we have runs out.

Dr. Johnson, coauthor of The One Minute Manager & many other books, presents this parable 2 business, church groups, schools, military organizations--anyplace where you find people who may fear or resist change. And although more analytical & skeptical 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 & always will change. And while there's no single way 2 deal with change, the consequence of pretending change won't happen is always the same: The cheese runs out. --Lou Schuler