Who moved my cheese!

"If you don't like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” - General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff. U. S. Army -

Lessons learned from the book Who Moved My Cheese. Author - Spencer Johnson, 1998; M.D. from Royal College of Surgeons; known for simplicity; One Minute Manager, The Precioius Present. No doubt that it is still continuing as a bestseller, a self-help book providing a simple, powerful message to the people confronted with unwelcome CHANGE.

A story of two mice (Sniff and Scurry) and two “little people” (Hem and Haw) living in a maze (labyrinth). Cheese is a metaphor for whatever you want in your life (food, success, happiness, financial security). Cheese found in Cheese Station C was a symbol of stability. One day, the cheese disappeared ………

Wisdom in a nutshell from the book:
Leadership attitudes towards change,
•The compulsive changer: Enjoys making changes even when not needed
•The transforming leader: Changes what needs to be changed, fixes what needs to be mended, and preserves what needs to remain unchanged
•The resilient leader: Learns to adapt in times when change can lead to something better
•The resistant leader: Denies and resists change with the belief that change will lead to something dreadful (active resistance or passive resistance)
•Having cheese makes you happy (status quo).
•The more important your cheese is to you, the more you want to hold onto it (status quo preservation).
•If you don’t change, you may become extinct.
•What would you do if you weren’t afraid (of trying something new).
•Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old (review, evaluate, review).
•Movement in a new direction helps you find new cheese (research and renew).
•The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you will find new cheese (quick adaptation).
•Noticing small changes early helps you adapt to the bigger changes that are to come (scanning)

Happy reading/rereading!