2. Spencer Johnson (About The Author)
• International best selling author,
• Originator and co-author of “One Minute Manager”,
• Written many books of One Minute® series
• His education includes B.A. in phycology , M.D. Degree from royal
college of Surgeons.
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3. Cheese
• Nothing but a Metaphor
• Things which makes us happy
• E.g. Job, money, relationship, big house etc.
• Each of us has our own Idea of what cheese is
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4. Maze
• Again a metaphor
• Places where we spend time to look for what we like
• E.g. Community, Relationship, Organization one work in etc.
• Whole world is a maze.
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5. A Gathering Chicago
• Gathering of friends after reunion last night
• Curious to know about each others life
• Everyone afraid to change
• Not changing, costed some of them much
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6. Continued…
• Everyone was trying to cope with the change,
• Most of them didn’t know the way to handle it,
• Guy named Michael interpreted change in a different way,
• Motivated them with a funny story ………….
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7. The Story
ONCE, long ago, there lived 4 little characters who ran through
a maze looking for cheese to nourish them & make them
happy.
Two were mice named “Sniff” & “Scurry” and
two were little people named “Hem” & “Haw”.
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8. They were all different of course but shared
something in common, their daily routine….
Everyday they used to put on their running shoes
and get going in the maze looking after new
cheese
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9. • Found their special cheese in “Cheese Station C”
• Little mice followed the same old routine,
• Haw and Hem became lazy and started to wake up late,
• They both grew a blind faith about cheese to last forever,
• They were so happy that they wrote a sentence on the wall of Cheese
Station C……
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11. • One morning cheese was gone,
• Mice were not surprised, they noticed it earlier,
• Same day when hem and haw arrived they were surprised, “What no
cheese??; Who moved my cheese??” Hem yelled.
• Both went home hungry
• Haw then wrote another sentence there……
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13. • Even next day situation didn’t change
• Mice changed with situation
• But Haw and Hem stay the in hope of getting their cheese back,
• But with time haw changed and advised Hem to start looking for new
cheese
• Hem didn’t agree
• So Haw decided to leave the Cheese station C by announcing “it’s
maze time” and wrote another sentence on the wall…….
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15. Continued…
• In another part of the maze Sniff and Scurry found new cheese in
“Cheese Station N”
• Haw was little doubtful whether he should go further or not,
• So he wrote another sentence on the wall of maze……
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17. Continued…
• Haw now realized that change wouldn’t take him by
surprise, if he had been watching what was happening
there and if he had anticipated change.
• He stopped for a rest and again wrote on the wall of
maze…..
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19. Haw wondered if Hem had moved on,
or if he was still paralyzed by his own
fears. Then, Haw remembered the
times when he had felt his best in the
Maze. It was when he was moving
along. He wrote:
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21. Continued…
• Haw started running down the dark corridors and began to smile
• He started trusting what lay ahead of him, even though he didn’t
know what exactly was that.
• He started to enjoy himself,
• He again stopped and wrote on the wall…...
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23. He started to paint a picture of himself in his mind as
eating cheese of all kinds he ever liked.
The more clearly he saw the image of himself enjoying
New Cheese, the more real & believable it became. He
wrote:
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25. Continued…
• He ran faster and faster
• He found some cheese station empty and then he
thought for a while and decided to go back and see if
Hem was ready to join him.
• He then wrote on the wall……
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27. Continued…
• Haw made it back to Cheese Station C,
• Hew still didn’t want to change, he wanted his own old cheese,
• Haw shook his head in disappointment and went back out on his own,
• He was sure of find new cheese just in a matter of time.
• He smiled as he realized:…….
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28. It Is Safer To
Search In The
Maze Than Remain
In The Cheeseless
Situation.
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29. Continued…
• He realized:
• The fact of fear is not as bad as u imagine
• The fear that builds in our mind is worse than the situation actually exist,
• It is natural for change to continuously occur weather you accept it or not.
When he realized all these, he changed his beliefs
He then paused again to write…….
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31. Continued…
• His new beliefs started to encourage him,
• He was behaving differently
• He knew when we change what you believe, you change what you do,
• It all depends on what you choose to believe.
• He again wrote on the wall……
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32. When You See
That You Can Find
And Enjoy New
Cheese, You
Change Course.
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33. Continued…
• Haw regretted about his past as he would be in better shape now if
he had embraced the change much sooner and left Cheese Station C
earlier.
• He was glad that he had written on the wall in many place which will
work as a marked tail for Hem, if he want to leave Cheese Station C.
• He again wrote on the wall what he had been thinking about for some
time……
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35. He continued on through the Maze with greater
strength & speed. He proceeded along a corridor that
was new to him, rounded a corner, & found New
Cheese at Cheese Station N where he saw the
greatest supply of Cheese he had ever seen. Sniff &
Scurry welcomed him.
“Hooray for Change!”
Haw wrote down a summary of what he had learned
on the largest wall of Cheese Station N & smiled as
he looked at what he had learned:
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36. THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
Change Happens
Anticipate Change
Monitor Change
Adapt To Change Quickly
Change
Enjoy Change !
Be Ready To Change Quickly
& Enjoy It Again.
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37. Continued…
• He realized how far he had come since he had been with Hem,
• Now each day he started to inspect the cheese at cheese station,
• He often went out in the maze to explore new areas
• Then, Haw heard a sound of movement out in the maze. It was from
someone who was coming toward him.
• Could it be the Hem was arriving…….???
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