Who Moved My Cheese?

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In Who Moved My Cheese?, the author tells an amusing yet motivational tale of four characters who live in a maze that include two mice named Sniff and Scurry, who do whatever it takes to get their daily sustenance in the form of cheese. The other two characters are tiny ‘people’ named Hem and Haw, for whom cheese is more than just mere sustenance. Instead, it is the very basis around which their lives revolve. They find a cheese station and organize a routine to continue relishing the same, and one fine day, they find out that their cheese is gone. How each of them reacts to the situation brings their attitude toward life out in the open, and moves the story along. While Haw believes that someone has moved their cheese, in reality, their complacent attitudes have blinded their eyes to the fact that they have consumed all the cheese. The mice continue searching for more cheese instantly, but Hem and Haw don’t realize that they need to adapt to change. The author uses cheese as a metaphor for all that people want in life: a great job, good health, abundant wealth, lasting love, and everything else in between. The maze symbolizes where they seek what we want, and it can be the workplace, home, or even the community that they live in. The moving cheese represents change. The author stresses that the inevitability of change can be turned into a positive factor, and he uses simplicity and humor to teach readers how to anticipate change, adapt to it, and enjoy it as well. The book provides a fresh perspective on life, and it is suitable for all ages. It is presented to schools, church groups, businesses, and military organizations, absolutely any place where people may fear or resist any kind of change. The book immediately made it to the New York Times business bestsellers list and stayed there for five years since its release. It also remained on Publishers Weekly’s hardcover non-fiction list for over two hundred weeks.

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Spencer Johnson is a writer, speaker, management consultant, and the chairman of Spencer Johnson Partners. His books include the ValueTales series for children, “Yes” Or “No”: The Guide To Better Decisions, Who Moved My Cheese? For Teens: An A-Mazing Way To Change And Win!, The Present: The Secret to Enjoying Your Work and Life, and Peaks And Valleys: Making Good And Bad Times Work For You. He has also co-authored a series of books with Ken Blanchard, a management writer. His books have been translated into more than twenty-six languages. They are very motivational books that are ideal for professionals.  Johnson was born in Mitchell, South Dakota. He attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, and in 1963, graduated in Psychology from the University of Southern California. He followed this up with an MD from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He currently shuttles between his residences in New Hampshire and Hawaii.