So he left Hem and ran out into the maze.Īs Haw ran around the maze he wrote what he learnt on the walls of the maze. This went on for a few days until Haw realized that complaining about the missing cheese and then do nothing was not helping him. But the little people became angry and shouted and demanded the cheese be returned. The mice just started looking for new cheese. In the story, the Cheese one day was gone. And 'The Maze' is where you look for what you want - the organization you work in, or the family or community you live in. 'Cheese' is a metaphor for what you want to have in life - whether it's a good job, a loving relationship, money, a possession, good health, or spiritual peace of mind. And two are little people' - beings the size of mice who look and act a lot like people. It is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a 'Maze' and look for 'Cheese' to nourish them and make them happy. Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that reveals profound truths about change. Either because we are afraid to lose the comfort of what we currently have or the fear of the unknown or be blamed when things go wrong.
Upon experiencing change, our initial reaction is to resist it.
That’s why it is hard for majority to handle and accept change. The attitude of obedience and resistance to change is brought by many in their professional and personal journey in life. That being obedient, doing what is told and what is “right”, is the key to success and happiness in life. Then when change happens, we stress out, react, complain and be beaten up.Įven if it’s hard to admit it, at work, home and in the community we live in, we were taught to believe in following rules and sets of standards that being curious and creating change is not acceptable. Such comfort creates lax and negligence in our character that make us forget that life is constantly changing.
But our daily routine task, from the time we wake up until the time we lay down in bed again, creates a cycle that leads us to comfort.
Each day brings a new life and a different experience for us. One of the constant things in life is CHANGE. Who Moved My Cheese? was included in the New York Times business bestseller since release and remained on the list for almost five years and spent over 200 weeks on Publishers Weekly’s hardcover nonfiction list. A parable written by Spencer Johnson which describes change in one’s work and life. Who Moved My Cheese was published in 1998.
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