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Essay on Who Moved My Cheese
Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson provides a generic guide to managing change, told in a very simplistic manner from the point of view of two mice and two "little people" living in a maze. Whilst one cannot deny that the message of Cheese is important-that we have to find ways to deal with, embrace and anticipate change in order to remain competitive, happy and successful-its delivery is a little more problematic.
This book is an over-simplistic metaphor for unexpected change that is beyond one's control. The message the authors attempt to convey is that your future, success, security, and ultimately happiness is within your control
The story revolves around two mice, "Sniff" and "Scurry", and two "little-people", "Hem" and "Haw". They live in a "maze" and spend their time running around, looking for, finding, and eating "Cheese". Cheese, as is stated in the foreword by Kenneth Blanchard, is "a metaphor for what we want to have in life", such as a job, a relationship, money, a big house, or an insulting yet best-selling business book.
“Who Moved My Cheese” seems to say that no matter what changes, no matter what, you should see it as a good thing. Surely, sometimes, change must be a bad thing. Surely, sometimes, it should be resisted. Surely, sometimes, one should stand his/her ground......
