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Old 11-14-2005, 11:35 AM
ThaSaltCracka ThaSaltCracka is offline
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Default Who Moved My Cheese?

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.
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Old 11-14-2005, 11:41 AM
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Default Re: Who Moved My Cheese?

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.
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Old 11-14-2005, 11:44 AM
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Default Re: Who Moved My Cheese?

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.

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Old 11-14-2005, 11:48 AM
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Default Re: Who Moved My Cheese?

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.
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Old 11-14-2005, 01:25 PM
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Default Re: Who Moved My Cheese?

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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Old 11-14-2005, 02:14 PM
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I will have to check that out, thanks.
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Old 11-14-2005, 02:15 PM
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Default Re: Who Moved My Cheese?

I'm sure you have read the classic of this 'pocket management' genre, "The One Minute Manager".
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Old 11-14-2005, 04:58 PM
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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?
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Old 11-14-2005, 06:26 PM
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Default Re: Who Moved My Cheese?

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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
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Old 11-14-2005, 02:21 PM
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Default Re: Who Moved My Cheese?

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)
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