IRJE #4 Who Moved My Cheese?

Who Moved My Cheese is a book written by Spencer Johnson. It a short book that talks about how people will react to change. The book has four characters in it. Two mice which are named Sniff, and Scurry. Then it has 2 humans, which are named Hem, and Haw. They live in a huge maze and they rely on the cheese to live and to have success and happiness. The cheese represents stuff that is important in life. Things like jobs, relationships, and money. One random day in the book the cheese just suddenly disappears and there is no trace for it. Sniff and Scurry go hurry and look for a new cheese as quick as they can, they can’t live without cheese. But Hem and Haw also go to search for the cheese. When Haw is searching for a new cheese he looks and decides to write messages on the wall like, “change is inevitable”, or “let go of the old”. At the end of the story they adapt to the change without having cheese. It leads to less stress and more success.

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