Many people have tried to teach valuable lessons important to business, such as learning when to move. Although many have failed, the book “Who moved my Cheese” by Spencer Johnson, effectively explains the theme of adapting to change. Spencer Johnson decide to explain this idea through a book, which is used in many business as a guide to learning how to adapt. Spencer Johnson has written many more New York times bestseller books such as “One-Minute Manager” and “The Guide To Better Decisions”. His extensive background in psychology has helped him understand humans better. Thus, it has allowed him to create some of the most helpful business and mindset novels. In the story there are four characters; Scurry, Sniffy, Hem and Haw. Hem and Haw
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Many people have read the book and the opinions vary. Within one article the author, Fred Nickols, feels that the “message in the book is even simpler than the book,” and that it falls under the category of “let's make life simpler than it is.” This shows that his opinion of the book is a negative one. He explains that it is a message that is already well known. The idea behind the book was that one needs to adapt to change. The author feels that this concept is taught all over the place and is nothing new or special. Nickols believes that the idea is skewed in the book. The story’s idea is that one must be constantly navigating a maze to find a cheese that they cannot control. Nickols states that in reality “life is all about getting and keeping your own cheese.” The author disagrees with the concept of cheese within the book. In the book the cheese is available to everyone and is shared among everyone. His opinion is that once you obtain the cheese, that cheese is your cheese only and you will not share with anyone but yourself. This is Nickols find the title unfit for reality. He believes cheese represents money and success; therefore, is someone is messing with his cheese he will be forced to defend it and fight for it instead of searching for more cheese
Many people have read the book and the opinions vary. Within one article the author, Fred Nickols, feels that the “message in the book is even simpler than the book,” and that it falls under the category of “let's make life simpler than it is.” This shows that his opinion of the book is a negative one. He explains that it is a message that is already well known. The idea behind the book was that one needs to adapt to change. The author feels that this concept is taught all over the place and is nothing new or special. Nickols believes that the idea is skewed in the book. The story’s idea is that one must be constantly navigating a maze to find a cheese that they cannot control. Nickols states that in reality “life is all about getting and keeping your own cheese.” The author disagrees with the concept of cheese within the book. In the book the cheese is available to everyone and is shared among everyone. His opinion is that once you obtain the cheese, that cheese is your cheese only and you will not share with anyone but yourself. This is Nickols find the title unfit for reality. He believes cheese represents money and success; therefore, is someone is messing with his cheese he will be forced to defend it and fight for it instead of searching for more cheese