Who moved my Cheese - book review Author : dr. Spencer Johnthon Fiction story that view our respond to change, used in business to motivate employees

2. Who Moved My Cheese?
Book
Review

3. Who Moved My Cheese?
The Author: Spencer Johnson
this enlightening and amusing story illustrates t
he vital importance of being able to deal with u
nexpected change.
Published February 7th 2002
96 Pages
is often distributed by managers to employees
as a motivational tool, but the lessons it teaches
can benefit literally anyone,
young or old, rich or poor, looking for less
stress and more success in every aspect of work
and life.

4. About The Author
Dr Spencer Johnson
Born
in Mitchell, South Dakota, The United States January 01, 1940
Genre
Technical, professional and business.
Spencer Johnson, M.D., is the author of several New York Times bestsellers,
including The One Minute Manager, all in the entertaining style of a parable
that contains useful information readers can use in their own lives.
There are more than thirteen million copies of his books in print in over
twenty-five languages.
Dr. Johnson's education includes a psychology degree from the University of
Southern California, an M.D. from the Royal College of Surgeons and medical
clerkships at Harvard Medical School and the Mayo Clinic.

5. The Story
The Characters
Sniff Scurry Hem Haw

6. The Cheese
Job
Relationship
Recognition
Bigger
House
Health
Freedom

7. Sniff Scurry Hem Haw
•Simple brain, Good instincts
•Simple Trial and Error method
•Sniff → Smells
•Scurry → Race ahead
•Complex brains
•Use the ability to think and
learn from past experience

8. Cheese station C
Having Cheese Makes You Happy

9. No Cheese
Sniff Scurry Hem Haw
•They were not surprised
As the amount of Cheese
getting smaller every day
•They were prepared
•Try to search new Cheese
•Hem:
What! No Cheese?
Who moved my Cheese?
It’s not fair!
The More Important Your Cheese is To You,
The More You Want To Hold Onto It.

10. Next Day….
What would
they know? They
’re just simple
mice. They just
respond to what
happens. We’re
little people.
We’re smarter
Where are Sniff & Scurry?
Do you think they know
something we don’t know
?
Maybe we should stop
analyzing the situation so
much and just get going
& find some New Cheese.
If you don’t change
You become extinct

11. Sniff and Scurry
They found Cheese Station N.
They found what they had been looking for:
a great supply of New Cheese.
It was the biggest store of cheese the mice
had ever seen.
Haw become more anxious & wondered
if he really wanted to go out into the Maze.
What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?

12. Haw
Haw now realized that the change probably would not have
taken him by surprise if he had been watching what was
happening all along and if he had anticipated change.
Smell The Cheese Often So You Know
When It Is Getting Old.
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.
Movement In A New Direction Helps You Find New
Cheese.

13. Haw
As Haw started running down the dark corridor, he began
to smile. Haw didn’t realize it yet, but he was discovering
what nourished his soul. He was letting go & trusting what
lay ahead for him, even though he did not know exactly
what it was.
When you move beyond your fear
You feel FREE
Imagining Myself Enjoying
New Cheese,
Even Before I Find It,
Leads Me To It.

14. Haw
Haw wondered why he had always thought that a change
would lead to something worse.
Now he realized that change could lead to something better
Then he raced through the Maze with greater strength & agility.
Until he found bits of New Cheese.
He entered the Cheese Station but it was empty. Someone had already
been there.
The Quicker You Let Go Of Old Cheese,
The Sooner you Find New Cheese.

15. Haw back for Hem
Haw made his way back to Cheese Station C to offer Hem bits of New
Cheese but was turned down. Hem wanted his own Cheese back.
Haw just shook his head in disappointment but this does not stop him
from finding New Cheese.
It Is Safer To Search In The Maze Than Remain In
The Cheese less Situation.
Haw just hoped he was heading in the right direction.
He thought about the possibility that Hem would read The
Handwriting On The Wall & find his way.
Noticing Small Changes Early Helps You Adapt To
The Bigger Changes That Are To Come.

16. Haw just arrived

17. The Handwriting on the wall
• Change Happens (They keep moving the cheese)
• Anticipate Change
(Get ready for the cheese to move)
• Monitor Change
(Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old)
• Adapt to change quickly
(The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you can
enjoy new cheese)
• Change
(Move with the Cheese)
• Enjoy Change
(Savor the adventure and enjoy the taste of new cheese)
• Be ready to change quickly and enjoy it again and again

18. Move with the Cheese
And
Enjoy it

21. Who Moved My Cheese?
Amazon rating: 3.8/5
Goodreads rating: 3.7/5
My Rating: 4/5
Highly recommended to know what
is change? And its must, and how to
react toward Change?