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WHO MOVED MY CHEESE?- by Dr.Spencer Johnson
WHO MOVED MY CHEESE?is a simple parable that reveals profound thoughts.
The story involves four characters who live in a maze: the mice Scurry and Sniff, and two 'littlepeople', Hem and Haw. All is going well because they have found a huge source of their favourite food, cheese. Hem and Haw have even moved their houses to be near it and it has becomes the center of their lives. But they do not notice that it is getting smaller, and are devastated when they arrive at the site one morning and find the cheese is gone.
Meanwhile, the mice move on and find new cheese.
The fable captures well that moment after we have lost a job or a relationship and we believe it is the end of the world. All the good things were in the previous situation, and all the future holds is fear. Yet the message is, instead of seeing change as the end of something, we must learn to see it as a beginning. We have all been told this, but sometimes motivation is lacking. To make himself accept reality, Haw writes this on the wall of the maze: "If you do not change, you can become extinct."
What I personally liked:a)Anticipate change
b)Adapt to change quickly
c)Enjoy change
d)Be ready to change quickly again and again.
Read this amazing book and find more insights that will remain with us forever our life.
Its a amazing book written for all ages .
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Its a book which takes than less than a hour to read but its insight stays forever