Who Moved my Cheese self write up
Who Moved My Cheese
2013
My impression of “Who Moved My Cheese?” By Spencer Johnson, M.D. is completely positive. The author gives an extremely motivational narrative discussing change. Johnson’s did a wonderful job illustration his thoughts with this book. “Who Moved My Cheese?” Can be read by any person in any industry and the story line is just as impactful and encouraging. The writer provides the reader an understanding that anticipating, acknowledging and embracing changing can and will ultimately yield successful results. On the contrary, not anticipating, acknowledging and embracing change can ultimately lead to a person being left behind and missing out on opportunities or becoming obsolete. The Author did a nice job explaining complications experienced in the process and expressing the fear of change. I can relate to these theories since I have seen first-hand how my industry changes in just a short period of time. It is not always easy to adapt to the change and being resistant will only cause added stress to your everyday.
Technology throughout the years has really changed the way I do business and how I interact with people in my career. It was only 11 years ago when I first started in the medical device industry. Since then, the changes in Information Technology have been significant and extremely impactful. Certain changes where embraced quickly by me others caused me a struggle to adjust. When I think back I don’t even remember what it was like to live without all these technologies. In 2002, I would use pay phones to check voicemail as to save money on cellphone usage. Now, I don’t even know my corporate voicemail code or password. My customers call me on my phone directly, Text me or email because they know they’ll have direct access to me. This biggest problem with instant access is that it is difficult to shut down the communication chains and relax. I have been on vacation in an international country and I
2013
My impression of “Who Moved My Cheese?” By Spencer Johnson, M.D. is completely positive. The author gives an extremely motivational narrative discussing change. Johnson’s did a wonderful job illustration his thoughts with this book. “Who Moved My Cheese?” Can be read by any person in any industry and the story line is just as impactful and encouraging. The writer provides the reader an understanding that anticipating, acknowledging and embracing changing can and will ultimately yield successful results. On the contrary, not anticipating, acknowledging and embracing change can ultimately lead to a person being left behind and missing out on opportunities or becoming obsolete. The Author did a nice job explaining complications experienced in the process and expressing the fear of change. I can relate to these theories since I have seen first-hand how my industry changes in just a short period of time. It is not always easy to adapt to the change and being resistant will only cause added stress to your everyday.
Technology throughout the years has really changed the way I do business and how I interact with people in my career. It was only 11 years ago when I first started in the medical device industry. Since then, the changes in Information Technology have been significant and extremely impactful. Certain changes where embraced quickly by me others caused me a struggle to adjust. When I think back I don’t even remember what it was like to live without all these technologies. In 2002, I would use pay phones to check voicemail as to save money on cellphone usage. Now, I don’t even know my corporate voicemail code or password. My customers call me on my phone directly, Text me or email because they know they’ll have direct access to me. This biggest problem with instant access is that it is difficult to shut down the communication chains and relax. I have been on vacation in an international country and I