3. The Story
• Everyday the mice and little people spent time in the Maze
looking for their own special cheese.
Mice
• Possessing simple brains and good instincts.
Little People
• Using their complex brains filled with many beliefs and
emotions.
• Every morning they do common thing.
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4. There are four Imaginary characters
Mice
• Sniff
• Scurry
Little People
• Hem
• Haw
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5. Cheese -The Metaphor
Cheese is what you want in life-
• Whether it is a good job
• A loving relationship
• Money or a Possession
• Health or Spiritual peace of mind
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6. The Maze
• Where do you spend your time looking for what you want.
• Sometimes we are easily get lost.
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7. Finding Cheese
Sniff and Scurry
• Wake early every day and race through the Maze, always
following the same route.
• Continued their routine.
Hem and Haw
• Also raced every morning, but after a while, changed their
routine.
• Drew pictures of Cheese.
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8. No Cheese
Mice
• Prepared for it.
• They were quickly off in search of New Cheese.
Little People
• Weren’t prepared for it.
• They ranted and raved at the injustice, and got depressed.
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9. Back in the Maze…
Mice
• Already farther into the Maze.
• They found Cheese Station! Back in the Maze…
Little People
• They were growing weak from hunger and stress.
• Haw was getting tired of just waiting for their situation to improve.
“They’re never going to put yesterday’s Cheese back. It’s time to find New Cheese.”
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10. Getting beyond fear and enjoying adventure
Little People
• Jogged slowly into the unknown.
• Haw worried that he might’ve waited too long for Cheese.
• The Cheese had been getting smaller, and what was left had
grown old.
• Haw now realized that he should’ve anticipated change.
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11. Reflections
Reflect on the different reactions of the mice and the little people.
When change happens..?
• Accept the situation
• Have faith
If you start to search for it
Visualize success: ”it’s the cheeseiest!”
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12. Meet Track and Fan!
Be clear about what you want to create more or less.
Track it
• Notice when you are happy
• Also, notice the conditions, the forces.
Fan your happiness
• Praise yourself for creating it.
• Bless it.
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13. Key learning’s-
• Keep life simple
• Change happens
• Monitor change
• Enjoy the change!
• Be ready to change quickly and enjoy it again and again
• Learn from mistake and use them to plan for the future
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14. Conclusion
• Through the story of the four characters author Dr.
Spencer Johnson wants to show how to:
1. Anticipate change.
2. Adapt to change quickly.
3. Enjoy change.
4. Be ready to change quickly, again and again.
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