3.14.2005

"Who Moved My Cheese?"

I just finished a wonderful book that most everyone has read...sorry it took me so long. Spencer Johnson tells a cute little story that has real life application. Here are the main points:

*Change happens, they keep moving the cheese.

*Anticipate change, get ready for the cheese to move.

*Monitor change, smell the cheese often so you know when it's getting old.

*Adapt to change quickly, the quicker you let go of old cheese, the quicker you get to enjoy new cheese.

*Change, move with the cheese.

*Enjoy change, savor the adventure and the taste of new cheese.

*Be ready to quickly change again and again, they keep moving the cheese.

The only question is what's your cheese? We have a huge change coming up at the place I work and I encouraged administration to purchase this little gem of a book for everyone...I'm still waiting.

Next book: "The One Minute Manager"

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Questions for the time crunched twenty somethings: Can anyone move your cheese if you find satisfaction from within? What chance do you have of finding yourself if you continue the search from the outside in? Self-evaluation, self-actualization, self-esteem all begin with ....?

BV said...

Great question...Tom Peters in his book The Brand You says; "'They' aren't in charge of our careers-and by extension our lives-anymore. We are. It is up to us to fashion ourselves."