ProdPod: Episode 17 — Two-Minute Book Summary: Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson

Summary: <br> Two-Minute Book Summary: Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life <br> <br> Dr. Spencer Johnson<br> <br> <br> <br> Dr. Spencer Johnson wrote and published his NY-Times-5-years-running bestselling book, Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life, in 1998. I read this oft-cited business fable back in 1999 or 2000 for the first time, and it represented a major change in my thinking about my life, and specifically my productivity. Dr. Johnson uses "cheese" to represent happiness and success, whereas I substituted his definition for my highly productive state called sometimes "flow."<br> The gem of the book arrives near the end of the book when one of the four characters, after facing the root of change avoidance: fear. He writes on a wall these words of wisdom...<br> Change Happens<br> They Keep Moving The Cheese<br> Anticipate Change<br> Get Ready For The Cheese To Move<br> Monitor Change<br> Smell The Cheese Often So You Know When It Is Getting Old<br> Adapt To Change Quickly<br> The Quicker You Let Go Of Old Cheese, The Sooner You Can Enjoy New Cheese<br> Change<br> Move With The Cheese<br> Enjoy Change!<br> Savor The Adventure And Enjoy The Taste Of New Cheese!<br> Be Ready To Change Quickly And Enjoy It Again<br> They Keep Moving The Cheese.<br> <br> Final thoughts: Who Moved My Cheese is a great book and worth the read.<br> <br>