Who Moved My Cheese Review
Finished Who Moved My Cheese by Dr Johnson Spencer one months ago. This is a simple yet easy understanding book. This book read by all classes of people from worker to chief executive officer and to investor. You can have a different perspectives after reading this book as it depends on what situation you are.
Sniff, Scurry, Hem and Haw
They are four character played in the story, 2 mice (Sniff and Scurry) and 2 little people (Hem and Haw). They live in a maze. Four of them is searching for cheese. One day, the foursome find a big cheese in the maze. They are happy and enjoy it everyday. The mice are alert of the ever changing environment because they sense that cheese is getting lesser and lesser. While the little people are indulge of what they have and becoming lazy. Therefore they stop improving themselves. They think that can have the cheese forever until one day they just sense that their cheese isn’t there for them anymore. Hem and Haw start blaming, justifying and complaining while Sniff and Scurry already find their new cheese as they are alert of the ever changing world. Hem is stubborn, experiencing fear of the unknown and strongly resisting the changes while Haw learns to adapt to change once he sees the benefits and forgetting the fear the resist Hem and itself initially.
who moved my cheese by Dr Spencer Johnson
The above are just simple summary of the story. I learned 2 lessons or message that I got after finishing this book.
1. What you will do if you are not afraid? Do you ever think of it? I never have a second thought for it before reading this book. There are so many things we want to do but we do not do it. Agree? And why? Because we are afraid. We are afraid of the result of action taken. If it is wrong, it is the end of the world! That is why most people try to not take any action in order not to get themselves into troubles.
2. We need to keep on updating ourselves. If you are not updating ourselves, definitely we will become another mice that stated in the story. You will be drained away by the new things and knowledge. We need to be alert for the ever changing world. Of course, we need to be able to adapt to the new environment. Only survival can stay.
The first lesson helped me to make a big decision in my life. I drop the fear that stay inside my inner mind and body and brave myself to make decision. I wonder anyone else benefit from the this book also…
