Book Byte #204 "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson
An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life
đŁ Curious Quotes from the Author
âLife moves on and so should weâ
âWhat would you do if you weren't afraid?â
âWhat you are afraid of is never as bad as what you imagine. The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.â
âSee what you're doing wrong, laugh at it, change and do better.â
âThe quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese.â
âWhen you stop being afraid you feel goodâ
âIf you do not change, you can become extinct !â
âIt is safer to search in the maze than to remain in a cheeseless situationâ
âHe knew sometimes some fear can be good. When you are afraid things are going to get worse if you don't do something, it can prompt you into action. But it is not good when you are afraid that it keeps you from doing anything.â
âBetter late than never.â
âThe fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually existsâ
âBeing in the uncomfortable zone is much better than staying in the cheese-less situation .â
âMovement in new direction helps find new cheese.â
âSmell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old.â
âSometimes, Hem, things change and they are never the same again. This looks like one of those times. That's life! Life moves on. And so should we.â
âHe asked himself those some questions too many times and felt the fears again that kept him where he wasâ
âThe More Important Your Cheese Is To You The More You Want To Hold On To It.â
âI guess we resist changing, because we are afraid of change.â
đ Cognition of the Bookâs Big Idea
One thing we can be certain of in life is that change is unavoidable. How then do you deal with change? In order to not just survive but also flourish in a changing environment, you will need to cultivate the mindset and attitude that makes change adaptation less daunting and more gratifying.
đ€Collaborative Insight for Techies
Simply knowing that change is a part of life everywhere should be reason enough to believe that change will always be for our benefit. The world needs change, our muscles need change to grow, the only way to truly grow is experience change.
Sometimes change can be scary, sometimes we fail, but sometimes we can face change for what it truly is, the System of True Growth of the Universe.
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