HOW TO DEAL WITH CHANGES IN LIFE?
WHO MOVED MY CHEESE?
AUTHOR: DR. Spencer Johnson.
Do you ever found it difficult to deal with the changes in your life and you stuck with them? This book presents you with great lessons you can implement in your life to deal with changes in your life.
Not like many self-help books in which we find a detailed lecture sometimes which become boring for many readers this book who moved my cheese gives you all its idea with a very good story so the readers can also enjoy the book.
Changes are inevitable and we all have to face them. Like we all have heard "There is nothing permanent, but the changes." Many find it difficult to face but this book will tell you how to deal with them and how to use them for our own benefits.
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A brief who moved my cheese summary and the lessons from this book are presented below.
So let's start...
WHO MOVED MY CHEESE SUMMARY:
But one thing was common in them that they all loved cheese very much. Every day they used to wear their sports shoes and went outside and run around in the maze to found some cheese. one day they found a station of cheese. There was a huge amount of cheese was present at the station. All become very happy and now every day both the Mouse used to wear their shoes and run to the station and they used to eat cheese from there. But with this, they were aware that the cheese was decreasing daily and one day it would be finished. But Haw and Hem used to consider that the Cheese is unlimited and they could spend their whole life with that cheese only. So every day they used to wake up with laziness and went to the station. They had also put their shoes aside and they became lazy. The hem was very much happy that he wrote on the wall.
"Having cheese makes you happy"
But one day when Sniff and Scurry reached the station they saw that whole cheese was finished but that didn't shock them because they were expecting the same. Now the situation was changed and they thought to change themselves also. So they moved forward and start looking for more cheese outside the 'station C' in the maze.
But one day when Sniff and Scurry reached the station they saw that whole cheese was finished but that didn't shock them because they were expecting the same. Now the situation was changed and they thought to change themselves also. So they moved forward and start looking for more cheese outside the 'station C' in the maze.
But later when Haw and Hem reached the station they saw all the cheese was finished and this made them shocked because they were not expecting this change. This thing made Hem angry and he said "Who moved my cheese?".
They were feeling bad because all their happiness was connected to that cheese only and the absence of cheese was the Absence of happiness for them.
Then thinking something Haw said "Sniff and Scurry are not present here. Don't you think that they know something which we do not know?"
But Hem said, "They are just mice and we are humans we are more intelligent and smart than them."
Haw: But right now we are not acting like a smart. We should go outside and search for some other cheese."
Haw: No! I will make everything the same as it was earlier. Trust me.
At the same time sniff and scurry were engaged in founding new cheese. They went to many other places they had never visited earlier. They faced some problems and many experiences. The only thing that was running in their Minds was that somehow they found more cheese.
In this search finally, they found a new Cheese station N. They found that that station had even more amount of cheese than station C.
They started enjoying their cheese. But at the same time, Haw and Hem had been stuck in the same place at station C and they were just thinking about How this happened? and Why this happened? and now what would happen with them?
Haw was imagining that he was going on new paths and he was founding cheese and enjoying them.
Haw: Hem, I think we should go outside and Search new cheese maybe we get more and better cheese.
Hem: No!! Going outside can be risky and what if we get lost in the Maze? What if we don't get new cheese then?. No, I will not go I will make it the same as it was earlier. I am comfortable here and we will wait till the things will not become the same as they were earlier.
They were feeling bad because all their happiness was connected to that cheese only and the absence of cheese was the Absence of happiness for them.
Then thinking something Haw said "Sniff and Scurry are not present here. Don't you think that they know something which we do not know?"
But Hem said, "They are just mice and we are humans we are more intelligent and smart than them."
Haw: But right now we are not acting like a smart. We should go outside and search for some other cheese."
Haw: No! I will make everything the same as it was earlier. Trust me.
At the same time sniff and scurry were engaged in founding new cheese. They went to many other places they had never visited earlier. They faced some problems and many experiences. The only thing that was running in their Minds was that somehow they found more cheese.
In this search finally, they found a new Cheese station N. They found that that station had even more amount of cheese than station C.
They started enjoying their cheese. But at the same time, Haw and Hem had been stuck in the same place at station C and they were just thinking about How this happened? and Why this happened? and now what would happen with them?
Haw was imagining that he was going on new paths and he was founding cheese and enjoying them.
Haw: Hem, I think we should go outside and Search new cheese maybe we get more and better cheese.
Hem: No!! Going outside can be risky and what if we get lost in the Maze? What if we don't get new cheese then?. No, I will not go I will make it the same as it was earlier. I am comfortable here and we will wait till the things will not become the same as they were earlier.
Listening to this Haw got agreed with Hem and now they used to visit Station C every day to found that, might be someday they would find their cheese at that same place. But every day they. Used to move back empty-handed to their homes. Some day they used to do some hard work. They used to dig in the ground that might be they got their cheese inside the ground. But Everything was waste and this was only causing them Sadness and depression.
One day when they were digging in the ground Haw started laughing.
Hem: Why are you laughing?
Haw: Because we are stupid. We are doing the same thing every day and we are expecting a better result every day.
One day when they were digging in the ground Haw started laughing.
Hem: Why are you laughing?
Haw: Because we are stupid. We are doing the same thing every day and we are expecting a better result every day.
Hem was that much-immersed in his thoughts that he didn't give any attention to Hem's words.
Haw: Let's go outside. We have to go and we have to found some other cheeSe. Where are our shoes? Let's go. We need to change ourselves with the changed situations.
Hem: Who moved my cheese??
I don't want to go anywhere. I will wait here for my cheese. You go alone.
Haw decided to go alone outside. And while going he wrote on the wall
"What would you do if you weren't afraid?"
He moved outside and he went to new paths and explored many places and new ways. He observed that the new places were not much easy they had difficulties and many problems. But those difficulties were not that much hard that he was thinking of and due to which fear he was not coming outside of his comfort zone.
On the way, he stopped at someplace to give some sign on the path to remember the route. He wrote on a wall "Smell the cheese often so you know that it is getting old"
He moved outside and he went to new paths and explored many places and new ways. He observed that the new places were not much easy they had difficulties and many problems. But those difficulties were not that much hard that he was thinking of and due to which fear he was not coming outside of his comfort zone.
On the way, he stopped at someplace to give some sign on the path to remember the route. He wrote on a wall "Smell the cheese often so you know that it is getting old"
Suddenly while running he started feeling good and he was enjoying the way. So he again wrote something on the wall.
"When you stop being afraid you feel good."
while running after some time he found another cheese station, station E. He became very happy but when he went inside he saw only a very little amount of cheese was left there. So he thought "only if I had changed sooner I would have got more cheese."
But he picked up that little cheese and decided to Meet Hem again. With all his signs he reached the Hem again and he saw that the condition of Hem had become very bad and he was completely filled with worry.
He tried to give him his cheese but Hem said" No! I don't want any new cheese. I just want my old cheese."
At that moment Hem was so much filled with his negative thoughts that he was having a fear to move outside and so due to this fear, he didn't want to move outside his comfort.
Haw was now aware that he could not do anything for the Hem so again putting signs on the walls and path he moved in the search of a new cheese station.
He wrote on one wall.
"When you stop being afraid you feel good."
while running after some time he found another cheese station, station E. He became very happy but when he went inside he saw only a very little amount of cheese was left there. So he thought "only if I had changed sooner I would have got more cheese."
But he picked up that little cheese and decided to Meet Hem again. With all his signs he reached the Hem again and he saw that the condition of Hem had become very bad and he was completely filled with worry.
He tried to give him his cheese but Hem said" No! I don't want any new cheese. I just want my old cheese."
At that moment Hem was so much filled with his negative thoughts that he was having a fear to move outside and so due to this fear, he didn't want to move outside his comfort.
Haw was now aware that he could not do anything for the Hem so again putting signs on the walls and path he moved in the search of a new cheese station.
He wrote on one wall.
"When you change how you think, you also change what you do."
In his journey, he was founding many small pieces of cheese and he continued his search. One day He reached a new Cheese station N. The station had a huge amount of cheese. He was amused at seeing that much cheese because this was the first time in his life that he was seeing that much amount of cheese. But he felt a bit sad because Hem was not present with him.
He saw Sniff and Scurry was also present there.
He hoped that Hem would use all his signs and he would reach the station.
This time he had got a huge amount of cheese but this time he didn't only enjoy the cheese while sitting in his comfort zone but now he used to observe the amount of cheese on a daily basis that how it was Decreasing. Every day he used to explore the areas around him and founding new places so in the future, he does not have to face the same problems again.
So this was the whole story of the book Who moved my cheese.
WHO MOVED MY CHEESE LESSONS:
Now a few interesting and knowledgeable things.
In this story for the mice sniff and scurry that cheese was just-food.
But for humans, Haw and Hem's cheese is being used as a metaphor of all those this to which we use to connect our happiness.
Like Money, relationships, jobs, career, Businesses, or anything like that.
All to conclude this book let's talk about the important lessons we learn from this book WHO MOVED MY CHEESE.
1. Changes happen and they keep moving the cheese: either we want or not changes are the part of Life and we should change ourselves with these changes.
2. Anticipate changes. And get ready for the changes: because now we know that changes are inevitable so we need to keep ourselves aware of the situations and handle them in that way.
3. Monitor the change. Keep smelling the cheese: Changes are often not happening suddenly so we need to aware of the situations around us. In this way, we can handle them easily and even we can use them for our benefits.
4. Adapt to the changes: Adaptability is a quality so it is better to adapt to the changes quickly and get the good results as Sniff and scurry did. Instead of just worrying about the changes and blaming others. Like Haw and Hem.
5. And the last is to Enjoy the changes: Trust me they are always for the best if we follow all the above steps and look for the best.
I hope you loved this WHO MOVED MY CHEESE SUMMARY and you learned the lessons and you will implement them into your life.
Tell me in the comment section what are your experiences with the changes in life and what you have learned after reading this story.
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Wow..very nicely explained
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