Book Summary of the Book - Who Moved My Cheese - by Spencer Johnson

1. Who moved my cheese –Spencer Johnson
• The story of 2 Mice (Sniff and Scurry)
and 2 men (Hem and Hew) who used to
enjoy cheese daily and happy
• Mice represents simplest part of
personality whereas men represents
complex mindset
• Cheese represents your goals like money, career,
relationship, health. It is a metaphor of what you
want in your life
• Maze represents organisation, community and
world around which will keep changing.
When you finished changing, you are finished – Benjamin Franklin
Summary by : Kirtikumar Bandekar

2. Who moved my cheese –Spencer Johnson
• One of the men Hem
decided to sit idle and wait
to improve situation
• But Haw decides to
change and take decision
to move out to look for
new cheese
• Haw learns some good
lessons of life in his
journey which are…..
• When Mice noticed that cheese is reducing daily, they keep their shoes ready to move
out and find new cheese station.
• However Men became complacent and don’t want to move out and remained happy in
their comfort zone
• One day cheese disappeared, then Mice quickly move out for new cheese, but men
kept complaining and blaming the situation around.
Change is inevitable. Progress is optional – Tony Robbins
Summary by : Kirtikumar Bandekar

3. Who moved my cheese –Spencer Johnson
Change happens – World will keep
moving your cheese all the time
If you don’t change, you can
become extinct
Anticipate the change and get
ready for cheese to move
Even the biggest cheese doesn’t
last forever, so always stay on the
move
Notice small changes early helps to
adopt bigger changes
Monitor change - smell the cheese
so you know when its getting old
Summary by : Kirtikumar Bandekar

4. Who moved my cheese –Spencer Johnson
There’s always new cheese to
chase and the minute you move,
things will improve
Stop thinking about your past
cheese, start chasing new cheese
Change - move with the cheese than asking
Who moved my cheese ???
Adopt change quickly- The quicker
you let go old cheese, the sooner
you enjoy new cheese
Enjoy the change - Savour the
adventure and enjoy the taste of
new cheese
Summary by : Kirtikumar Bandekar