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Who Moved My Cheese?

By Spencer Johnson

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| Paperback | 9780091816971

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WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? FOR TEENS

One of my most vivid memories of junior high is of a banner-length sign over the chalkboard of the room where I had English. It read: "Nothing is as constant as change." Like someone in junior high needed to be told that. The problem was: No one ever ... (read full critics)

teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? FOR TEENS

One of my most vivid memories of junior high is of a banner-length sign over the chalkboard of the room where I had English. It read: "Nothing is as constant as change." Like someone in junior high needed to be told that. The problem was: No one ever ... (read full critics)

teenreads published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

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Great book, a must be read. Many critics say it's stuffed with the obvious, but most of the times important things happen to be the simplest too, and we tend to forget them and focus on something else. You need to keep that in mind while reading this book.

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Cc6806 said on Jan 10, 2010 | Add your feedback

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If this is a motivational book, the average level of people "in need of motivations" must be pretty low!
Terrible book.

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Franco Folini said on Aug 7, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

things might appear different depending where you look them from: nice enough but 2/3 pages were sufficient.

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ElectricPlug said on Sep 15, 2010 | Add your feedback

Nice book with to the point example.

A nice book with very short and sweet explanation about the day to day change in your life. Highly recommended.

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Nishit Patel said on Jul 7, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

The theory is good, basically it dates back the age when our ape-like ancestors decided to leave the trees and walking on two-feet-two, but a refresh some now and then can be profitable. The writing made me feel sitting in a business hall in the deep need of selling a vacuum cleaner.

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Claire Zachanassian said on Apr 13, 2010 | Add your feedback

Who Moved My Cheese?為經營管理之書，書中發人省思的故事則可應用於生活各層面。
書中主角：
Two mice:
•1. Sniff (means to breath in through your nose in order to smell something)
•2. Scurry (means to move very quickly with small steps)
----So the two mice could smell the change and take the moves.
Two people:
•3. Hem ... (continue)

Who Moved My Cheese?為經營管理之書，書中發人省思的故事則可應用於生活各層面。
書中主角：
Two mice:
•1. Sniff (means to breath in through your nose in order to smell something)
•2. Scurry (means to move very quickly with small steps)
----So the two mice could smell the change and take the moves.
Two people:
•3. Hem
•4. Haw
(Idiom: hem (hum) and haw means to take a long time to make a decision before they say something.
----So Hem and Haw complained and wailed about the change. It took a while for Haw to decide to move out for the cheese, but it seemed Hem could never bring himself to action.
故事情節：
•1. Cheese Station C: a comfort zone
•2. The cheese in Cheese Station C was moved away/gone.
•3. Sniff and Scuff went out into the adventure in the maze to look for new cheese.
•4. Hem and Haw waited in Cheese Station C every day.
•5. Hem and Haw did nothing about the shortage of cheese.
•6. Sniff and Scuff found Cheese Station N ( a great supply of new cheese)
•7. Haw was tired of waiting. He decided to start out into the maze. Overwhelmed by his fear of the unknown, he was unsure of himself. Once Haw overcame his fear, he began to love the thrill of the exploration and adventure in the maze.
•8. Haw finally found Cheese Station N and rejoined Sniff and Scuff.
•9. What about Hem? Maybe he was still waiting in Cheese Station C. Maybe he was already on his way to turn a new leaf of life.
故事的象徵:
•1. Cheese: symbolizes what we want to have in life
•2. Maze: represents where you spend time looking for what you want.
書中佳句：
•1. We need flexible people who are not possessive about "the way things are done around here."
•2. Move with the Cheese!
•3. "Sometimes, Hem, things change and they are never the same again. This looks like one of those times. That's life! Life moves on. And so should we."
•4. Just looking ahead was becoming exciting.
•5. He knew when you change what you believe, you change what you do.
•6. He had to admit that the biggest inhibitor to change lies within yourself, and that nothing gets better until you change.
•7. Repeating the same behavior will just get you the same results.
I like the question as presented in the book:
So, who were you in the story? Sniff, scurry, Hem or Haw?

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Anniechan66 said on Mar 1, 2010 | Add your feedback