Who Moved My Cheese?

[ThaSaltCracka]

Anyone else read this book? IF so, what are your thoughts on it? Simple story really, but the concepts in the story are not so simple. I like the question, "what would you do if you weren't afraid?" Hopefully I can carry that with me the rest of my life as a way to force myself to do certain things where I am a worried about a potential bad outcome.

Anyways, please post your comments.

[ChipWrecked]

Same as with most of this management/self-help stuff: It's stuff you already know, but it's always good to have a different perspective, a new going over.

The mice Hem and Haw (think that was their names, read it a couple years ago) were a little cutesy for my taste, but what the hey.

Major truth in the statement that the only thing that remains the same, is change.

[swede123]

At my job we had this played to us (as an audio book) a few years ago. I really didn't get much out of it but that was mostly because my company's management philosophy pretty much exemplifies the opposite of all the concepts the story illustrates. Perhaps I should re-read it on my own to get a more unbiased reaction.

Swede

[ThaSaltCracka]

To Swede and Chipwrecked,

Most of it is pretty basic stuff, and it is things that I would hope we already know, either via personel experience or via teachers/parents. I just liked the stripped down approach. It didn't try to overanalyze, it just laid it all out for you. So in that regards it was nice.

Short read too.

[KKbluff]

Its a great book as I have read it as well.

Try reading "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell.

If you liked "Who Moved My Cheese" you will love this book.

[ThaSaltCracka]

I will have to check that out, thanks.

[ChipWrecked]

I'm sure you have read the classic of this 'pocket management' genre, "The One Minute Manager".

[Shajen]

This book was given to me by my Senior VP about a week before he and the rest of us lost our jobs.

At the time, I didn't realize he was giving me a subtle hint.

I saw him about a month later and we joked about it.

He said basically he'd get fired and lose his pension/severance if anyone knew we were being let go. I called him a bastard for giving me a hint I'd only get after being let go. Good times.

The book itself? Just serves as a wake up call for the terminally slack. (I include myself in that category)

[ThaSaltCracka]

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I'm sure you have read the classic of this 'pocket management' genre, "The One Minute Manager".

[/ QUOTE ]never read it, is it worth while to non managment employees?

[CORed]

I read it. I thought the fable part was pretty good, but the second part, where they explained everything, was pretty annoying. I got the point. I didn't need it explained.

[MyTurn2Raise]

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Its a great book as I have read it as well.

Try reading "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell.

If you liked "Who Moved My Cheese" you will love this book.

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agreed
"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell is good also
I enjoyed "Failing Forward" by John Maxwell even more