A Summary of "Who Moved My Cheese?"

This is a summary of the book "Who Moved My cheese?" written by Spencer Johnson.

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Who Moved My Cheese?
February 12
th
2021
Takeyoshi Nitta
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2. ABOUT
THE
BOOK
▪A story and business book
▪The original was published in 1998, and the cumulative
circulation has exceeded 28 million worldwide
▪The world's bestseller, which is still being read more
than 20 years after its release. Adopted by the world's
top companies such as IBM, Apple and Mercedes-Benz
for training textbooks
▪From the story, you can get hints about "the importance
of not being afraid of change" and "how to detect and
adapt to changes such as attitudes and behaviors"
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3. WHO IS THE
AUTHOR?
▪Spencer Johnson
▪A doctor of medicine and psychology in the United
States.
▪A charismatic person in the American business
world who participates in many companies and
think tanks and is listed as an honorary member of
Harvard Business School.
▪He has published numerous books, including the
long-selling "The One Minute Manager," a classic
masterpiece of business administration. He is a
psychologist and a doctor involved in the
development of cardiac pacemakers.
▪He passed away in 2017 at the age of 78. "Out of the
Maze," the sequel to "Who Moved My Cheese?", is
his last work.
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4. CHARACTERS
IN THIS STORY
▪Two Mice “Sniff” and “Scurry”
▪Sniff
▪A type that sensitively senses changes
▪Scurry
▪A type that moves quickly in response to
changes
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5. CHARACTERS
IN THIS STORY
▪Two Littlepeople “Hem” and “Haw”
▪Hem
▪Atypethat takes to change or refuse to change
▪Haw
▪A type that thinks carefully, accepts reality, and
tries to adapt
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6. THEY FOUND
CHEESE!
▪The two mice “Sniff” and “Scurry” and the two
littlepeople “Hem” and “Haw” ran around the maze
every day, searching for food for the day. Fortunately,
they found much cheese at Station C.
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7. BEHAVIOR OF
MICE AND
LITTLEPEOPLE
▪Then there is a change in behavior between the mice
and the Littlepeople.
▪Mice don’t have much wisdom, so they run from home
early every morning to reach the cheese. However, the
wisdom-turning Littlepeople moved closer to the
cheese, spending the morning slowly and heading to
the cheese place in the early afternoon. The
Littlepeople already knew where the cheese was, so
they thought they didn’t need to move around anymore.
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8. CHEESE
DISAPPEAR?
▪When those days continued, the cheese disappeared
from Station C. Actually, the cheese hasn’t disappeared.
It’s just gone as a result of their continued eating …
▪The story changes steadily from here. The behavior of
the mice and the Littlepeople were entirely different for
this lost cheese.
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9. THEIR ACTION
AFTER THE
CHEESE
DISAPPEARS
▪The mice quickly returned to life before finding the
cheese and ran to another place searching for new
cheese. However, the Littlepeople thought, “We’re
Littlepeople. We’re smarter than mice.” So, they are not
convinced that the cheese is gone.
▪One day, one of the Littlepeople decides to leave
Station C searching for “New Cheese.”
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10. WHAT IS
CHEESE FOR
YOU?
▪So what does cheese in this story mean? Happiness?
Success? Wealth? There will be each person. It may be
product sales, customer relationships, and personal
advancement or promotion in terms of business.
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11. FOUND NEW
CHEESE!
AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF
CHANGE.
▪As Haw searches for new cheese, he finds that even if
he doesn't find a new cheese, he feels much better than
the life he's been at Station C.
▪Haw ran through the maze, recording what he noticed
on the wall, and finally discovering a new cheese
station.
▪CHANGE HAPPENS
▪ANTICIPATE CHANGE
▪MONITOR CHANGE
▪ADAPT TO CHANGE QUICKLY
▪CHANGE
▪ENJOY CHANGE!
▪BE READY TO CHANGE QUICKLY AND ENJOY IT
AGAIN & AGAIN
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12. CONCLUSION
▪Who do you think most resembles your personality?
▪We have a different life and must be in a different
position and situation. Still, this book conveys
something important to everyone.
▪Know that things will always change
▪Always pay attention to changes around you
▪Change is neither evil nor good. Which one to use
depends on how you think about the change.
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13. Thank you!!
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