I am currently studying Bachelor's degree program at Shanghai Second Polytechnic University in China. I have decided to apply for this think-tank platform because I am sure it would strongly enrich my future studies and help me in my prospective career. A few weeks ago, I read a book named 'Who moved my cheese?'. That book illustrates how people encounter change and go through it in different ways. Some people don't like the change, they tend to stay in their...
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The maze in the story represents where we spend time looking for what we want in life and what we do about it in order to make them happen or reach them. It can be in an organization you work in, the community you live in, money or possession, health and peace of mind or the relationships you have in your life while cheese is the reward or the things that will make us happy. Every person has a different...
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Main questions. 1. What does the maze represent? The maze represents the struggle most of us go through. We all have dream and expectations that we work hard for. We also expect that once we reach our goal we wouldn’t have to do anymore work and our lives would be set forever. However, life holds many surprises and you have to be ready for anything. If you are hit with hardship put on you running shoes and suit and start...
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1. The central idea of the story; Who Moved My Cheese; tells a parable, which you can directly apply to your own life, in order to stop fearing what lies ahead and instead thrive in an environment of change and uncertainty. Funny, how you sometimes stumble into things that were right in front of your nose, all along. 2. The five topic sentences are; Good situations never last forever, so be prepared. Visualizing your goals helps your push through the...
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Summary Dr. Spencer Johnson's book 'Who Moved My Cheese' is frequently suggested to help people and businesses accept and embrace change. Cheese has been defined by the author as any relationship, love, career, money, happiness, reputation, achievements, or anything else that a person desires in life. Maze, on the other hand, is the world in which we humans live. Sniff, Scurry, Hem, and Haw are the main characters of this book. Sniff and Scurry acted as mice, while Hem and...
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A growth mindset is being able to develop and adapt through hard work and good strategies. Haw demonstrated an impeccable development of growth mindset, Haw eventually became aware his old ways would not lead him to new cheese. Haw once allowed his fear to imprison him in that maze, he then realized that he needed to trust the process and let go. For example, “He reflected on the mistakes he had made in the past and used them to plan...
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Coauthor of The One Minute Manager, Dr Spencer Johnson tells us a story about 4 characters who live in a maze and learn to deal with unexpected change. This is a business classic although the lessons it teaches are not limited to just managers and employees. INTRODUCTION Who moved my cheese is a fable about four characters who live in a maze and they all love cheese. When the cheese disappears, Scurry and Sniff enthusiastically head out into the maze...
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Although i have read so many books but i think this book is one of the best life changing and transforming books i have read. Who Moved My Cheese has really given me insight in some of the things that i have already done that i never knew that what i was going through was a direct implication of those things and the various changes that refused to go through. The success of these books lies in the mix between...
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A very compelling book, Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and In Your Life written by Spencer Johnson. There are four main characters that the book talks about, Sniff and Scurry (who are little mice) and Hem and Haw (little beings who are human like) who find themselves in a “maze” looking for “cheese”. The purpose of this piece of writing is to review this amazing book, its characters and the information...
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Carlos said, “I guess we resist changing because we are afraid of change.” (Johnson, 1998). But what is change and why does the mere thought of it cause goosebumps to suddenly appear out of nowhere and why does it make our hearts beat to a faster tune? Well according to an online dictionary, change is an act or process through which something becomes different. (Dictionary, 2019) Life is full of surprises at every turn and barely any plan goes accordingly....
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