Who Moved My Cheese- Review
‘WHO MOVED MY CHEESE?’ BOOK REVIEW
Stephen Johnson is an author well known for Value Tales, a series of children’s books and his motivational book “Who Moved my Cheese?” He worked as a speaker as well as a management consultant along with writing books. With was after publishing “Who Moved My Cheese?” that Johnson shot to fame. Later he also wrote “Yes or No: The Guide to Better Decisions”, also he has recently published another book named “Peaks and Valleyes.”
‘Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal With Change In Your Work and In Your Life’ by Dr. Spencer Johnson has recurred as a bestselling motivational as well as business book a number of times. It was published in 1998 and has since then been one of the most recommended books for those who are in competitive work environments. This book has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide and has been translated in 42 different languages.
The book revolves mainly around four characters and cheese that is hidden around in different parts of a maze, Sniff, Scurry, Hem and Haw, the characters in the book are very cleverly named. The first two characters are depicted as mice and the latter are small people. They keep moving around the maze looking for cheese to feed them. Eventually, they land up at a cheese station that is full of cheese. Looking at the large quantity of cheese, they feel content and think that it will last them a lifetime. In life’s way, suddenly all the cheese disappears from the station leaving all four of them stunned. However, in reality, the cheese had been decreasing gradually but they failed to foresee it.
Cheese, in this book, stands as a metaphor for all the things that we pursue in life. May it be a job, relationship or anything that holds significance to us. The disappearance of cheese, in the book, implies to change.
Sniff and Scurry, as mentioned before, are mice. Sniff is good at ‘sniffing out’ cheese and Scurry, on the other hand, excels at ‘scurrying’ after
Stephen Johnson is an author well known for Value Tales, a series of children’s books and his motivational book “Who Moved my Cheese?” He worked as a speaker as well as a management consultant along with writing books. With was after publishing “Who Moved My Cheese?” that Johnson shot to fame. Later he also wrote “Yes or No: The Guide to Better Decisions”, also he has recently published another book named “Peaks and Valleyes.”
‘Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal With Change In Your Work and In Your Life’ by Dr. Spencer Johnson has recurred as a bestselling motivational as well as business book a number of times. It was published in 1998 and has since then been one of the most recommended books for those who are in competitive work environments. This book has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide and has been translated in 42 different languages.
The book revolves mainly around four characters and cheese that is hidden around in different parts of a maze, Sniff, Scurry, Hem and Haw, the characters in the book are very cleverly named. The first two characters are depicted as mice and the latter are small people. They keep moving around the maze looking for cheese to feed them. Eventually, they land up at a cheese station that is full of cheese. Looking at the large quantity of cheese, they feel content and think that it will last them a lifetime. In life’s way, suddenly all the cheese disappears from the station leaving all four of them stunned. However, in reality, the cheese had been decreasing gradually but they failed to foresee it.
Cheese, in this book, stands as a metaphor for all the things that we pursue in life. May it be a job, relationship or anything that holds significance to us. The disappearance of cheese, in the book, implies to change.
Sniff and Scurry, as mentioned before, are mice. Sniff is good at ‘sniffing out’ cheese and Scurry, on the other hand, excels at ‘scurrying’ after