The One Minute Manager Analysis
WHY THIS BOOK?
As soon as I read the title of the book, it caught my attention as the title itself raised my curiosity. Upon reading the summary of this book, I found the characters and the maze through which the author tells the story quite interesting. Using “Cheese” as a metaphor for what we want in life and “The Maze” where we search for the things that we want really kept me gripped to the summary. Most importantly, the claim that the ‘the story’s unique insights can last for a lifetime’ assured me to choose this book only.
NOTE ON THE AUTHOR
Spencer Johnson is an internationally respected thought leader, speaker and author whose insights have helped millions of people discover simple truths they can use to have healthier lives with more success and less stress. He is the co-author of ‘The One Minute Manager’, the #1 New York Times bestseller, written with Kenneth Blanchard. He has often been referred to as the best there is at taking complex subjects and presenting simple solutions that work.
SUMMARY
The book starts with a group of friends meeting for lunch after attending a school reunion the previous night and catching up with each other. One character then brings up the ‘Cheese Story’ and talks about the positive impacts it had on its life.
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Hem and Haw spent days searching for Cheese to appear again at Cheese Station C but returned with nothing but frustration. Later on, Haw finally gathers the courage to go back into the Maze in search of New Cheese. Haw eventually goes on to find an even bigger supply of cheese while Hem remains at the station hoping that he will get his cheese back. . During the search, Haw overcomes his fears and realizes that changing with changing surroundings is very important and we should not consider change as an end but as a start of something
As soon as I read the title of the book, it caught my attention as the title itself raised my curiosity. Upon reading the summary of this book, I found the characters and the maze through which the author tells the story quite interesting. Using “Cheese” as a metaphor for what we want in life and “The Maze” where we search for the things that we want really kept me gripped to the summary. Most importantly, the claim that the ‘the story’s unique insights can last for a lifetime’ assured me to choose this book only.
NOTE ON THE AUTHOR
Spencer Johnson is an internationally respected thought leader, speaker and author whose insights have helped millions of people discover simple truths they can use to have healthier lives with more success and less stress. He is the co-author of ‘The One Minute Manager’, the #1 New York Times bestseller, written with Kenneth Blanchard. He has often been referred to as the best there is at taking complex subjects and presenting simple solutions that work.
SUMMARY
The book starts with a group of friends meeting for lunch after attending a school reunion the previous night and catching up with each other. One character then brings up the ‘Cheese Story’ and talks about the positive impacts it had on its life.
The story revolves around four …show more content…
Hem and Haw spent days searching for Cheese to appear again at Cheese Station C but returned with nothing but frustration. Later on, Haw finally gathers the courage to go back into the Maze in search of New Cheese. Haw eventually goes on to find an even bigger supply of cheese while Hem remains at the station hoping that he will get his cheese back. . During the search, Haw overcomes his fears and realizes that changing with changing surroundings is very important and we should not consider change as an end but as a start of something