Who Moved My Cheese?

Who Moved My Cheese?

Who Moved My Cheese?為經營管理之書，書中發人省思的故事則可應用於生活各層面。

書中主角：

Two mice:

• 1. Sniff (means to breath in through your nose in order to smell something)
• 2. Scurry (means to move very quickly with small steps)

----So the two mice could smell the change and take the moves.

Two people:

• 3. Hem
• 4. Haw

(Idiom: hem (hum) and haw means to take a long time to make a decision before they say something.

----So Hem and Haw complained and wailed about the change. It took a while for Haw to decide to move out for the cheese, but it seemed Hem could never bring himself to action.  

故事情節：

• 1. Cheese Station C: a comfort zone
• 2. The cheese in Cheese Station C was moved away/gone.
• 3. Sniff and Scuff went out into the adventure in the maze to look for new cheese.
• 4. Hem and Haw waited in Cheese Station C every day.
• 5. Hem and Haw did nothing about the shortage of cheese.
• 6. Sniff and Scuff found Cheese Station N ( a great supply of new cheese)
• 7. Haw was tired of waiting. He decided to start out into the maze. Overwhelmed by his fear of the unknown, he was unsure of himself. Once Haw overcame his fear, he began to love the thrill of the exploration and adventure in the maze.
• 8. Haw finally found Cheese Station N and rejoined Sniff and Scuff.
• 9. What about Hem? Maybe he was still waiting in Cheese Station C. Maybe he was already on his way to turn a new leaf of life.

故事的象徵:

• 1. Cheese: symbolizes what we want to have in life
• 2. Maze: represents where you spend time looking for what you want.

書中佳句：

• 1. We need flexible people who are not possessive about "the way things are done around here."
• 2. Move with the Cheese!
• 3. "Sometimes, Hem, things change and they are never the same again. This looks like one of those times. That's life! Life moves on. And so should we."
• 4. Just looking ahead was becoming exciting.
• 5. He knew when you change what you believe, you change what you do.
• 6. He had to admit that the biggest inhibitor to change lies within yourself, and that nothing gets better until you change.
• 7. Repeating the same behavior will just get you the same results.

I like the question as presented in the book:

So, who were you in the story? Sniff, scurry, Hem or Haw?