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    “Who moved my cheese?” Author Spencer Johnson, This book is an easy read for everyone form early elementary to adulthood. This book expresses how to deal with change in our everyday life and situations at work. It has made me reflect on my expectations at work and the responsibilities it entails. It helps us to face our fears and to be strong enough to face the realities of change. Change is always a challenge and at times it can become fearsome, by performing and learning new things. We sometimes

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    The short 100-page novel “Who Moved my Cheese” by Spencer Johnson, M.D., is a very short but powerful novel especially for ones reading this in the business world. Though this story is short and has illustrated pictures almost like a children’s book, it’s what in the text is what gives this story a short but powerful meaning. As you begin the story, you are introduced to the main characters in the beginning of the text. The main characters are two mice named Scurry and Sniff and two “Little People”

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    Introduction "Who Moved My Cheese?" tells a story of change, of how we react to it, and the trouble we can find ourselves in when we don't follow that change. The story is about four characters, two mice, and two "little people." The characters live in a maze chasing cheese. The cheese represents anything we chase after in life and believe it will make us happy. The story details the trials and troubles we all have in daily lives. Book Summary Who Moved My Cheese?, by Spencer Johnson, is

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    “Who Moved My Cheese”, by Spencer Johnson, is a short story that is focused around change and adaptation. Spencer Foster includes four characters, two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two little people named Hem and Haw. Johnson was a physician and psychologist, who wrote books such as “Who Moved My Cheese”, “One-Minute Manager”, and “The Guide To Better Decisions”. “Who moved My Cheese”, was a book on the New York times bestseller, and on the Publishers Weekly. His most popular and renowned book,

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    Introduction “Who Moved My Cheese” is a best-selling fictional book written by Dr. Spencer Johnson. The story takes place in Chicago, where several classmates get together for a class reunion. The main characters of the story include Michael, who is the storyteller, Sniff, Scurry, Hem, and Haw. The characters show different qualities throughout the story, both good and bad. The book is basically a story within a story. In the book, Michael narrates a story to his classmates hoping that they will

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    The book “Who Moved My Cheese?” is a simple story about mice and “little people” that helps readers handle and deal with changes in their lives. The story is about two mice and two human-like individuals named “little people” (who are the size of the mice). The two mice’s names are Scurry and Sniff. The two little people’s names are Hem and Haw. The story takes place in a “maze” and the characters look for “cheese” to nourish them in the maze. When the characters find cheese, only to have it

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    Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson Who Moved My Cheese focuses on change. The story begins with the characters: Angela, Nathan, Carlos, and Jessica, and Michael who are old school friends who gather to reminisce about the different paths their lives have taken. The group all talks about how their lives have ended up completely unlike how they had expected. Michael offers his take on the theme of change and decides to share a story. The story centers around two mice, Sniff and Scurry

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    in their lives over the years. Some have had success and others have had frustration in their lives. One Character had found the story of Who Moved My Cheese and credited that story as a rich source of help and guidance in navigating the changes of life. From the setting of revealed information, the author shares with the reader the story of Who Moved My Cheese. The story is written in a sort of Aesop’s fable context with two small people (Hem and Haw) and two mice (Sniff and Scurry). The obvious

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    Book: Who Moved My Cheese? [pic] By: Spencer Johnson, M.D. Who Moved My Cheese is a book about the different ways people handle change in their life. The story begins as a group of friends meet after their high school reunion. The group was discussing how so many things have changed since high school, and then one of the young men in the group, began to tell a story about change that everyone could relate to. The story contains four fictional characters; Sniff and Scurry are mice, Hem

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    tackle them head on and make the most out of every situation. Throughout my life, I have had many challenges put in front of me, but instead of letting them control me, I overcome these challenges and adapt to it’s new changes. I’m no stranger to hardship and change in life. I grew up in a middle class family, where my mother spent her days as a sub in local schools and her nights going back to school to get her degree and my father has been laid off twice in the past two years. Instead of panicking

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