Who moved my cheese?
Change is to become something different. I find the situation of change really depressing, though soon or later, the conviction of change we do not monitor changes us. In a dynamic society, I concur with the fact that change must happen. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the change that we seek” (Obama, 2008). Insistently, change is appreciated in the extract of a book by Spencer Johnson, ‘Who moved my Cheese?’ This story will develop mindset change most people need.
Once long ago, there were four characters that lived in a maze. Two were mice named smith and Scotty while two were little people the size of the mice named Hem and Haw. They had one thing in common, that they ran through the maze every morning to find their cheese. Cheese meant just food to the mice while to the little people it was their dreams. What made them happy and comfortable was their cheese. They chased after their dreams and desires without following their instincts but relied much on guide books. Here, I see my judgement in the same line. The four came to cheese station C.
Hem and Haw became comfortable at the point of finding cheese enough more than they needed. The mice monitored what was happening around them every morning. They were change sensitive. Eventually, station C was cheese less. A grip of depression and frustration caught up the best of Hem dominating his mind. Hem and Haw hoped that the cheese would come back: things would go as they were before. The fear of going out to the maze to find other better cheese took hold of Hem. After a close examination of the hard work they did, Haw decided to move and find new cheese.
Haw arrived to cheese station N. Most times I have been robbed of my confidence by my negative thoughts just like Hem. Believing that cheese should not be moved destroyed Hem’s enthusiasm to find new cheese. As for me I will change what I believe and change what I do spontaneously.
References
Johnson, S. (1998). Who moved my cheese?: An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life. New York: Putnam.
Obama, B. (2009). obama change quote. Retrieved from http://keywordsuggest.org
Who moved my cheese? Full Movie [Video file]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16hxCB1Dvd4
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