Who moved my cheese - SUMMARY
                     Who moved 
my cheese - 
SUMMARY
 Who Moved My Cheese? is a parable about change that takes place in a 
Maze where four characters look for “Cheese”—cheese being a metaphor 
for what we want in life. 
INTRODUCTION
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 The four imaginary characters depicted in the story—the mice: “Sniff” and 
“Scurry,” and the Littlepeople: “Hem” and “Haw”—are intended to 
represent the simple and the complex parts of ourselves. 
IMAGINARY 
CHARACTERS 
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 Our circumstances are constantly changing, even if we don’t want them 
to, and the secret to long-lasting happiness is to enjoy the good, easy 
times when we get them while staying alert to and being ready to change 
with new circumstances when they come (instead of resenting and/or 
resisting them and being left behind).
One-Sentence 
Summary
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 We all strive towards outcomes at work, at home and in our communities 
because we believe they will make us (or those we love) happy.
 It might be a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions. It 
might be better health or spiritual peace of mind.
Outcomes at work
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 And it can feel wonderful when we eventually get them. Those things 
become cornerstones in our best-laid plans for the future.
 Yet life is constantly changing and sometimes it blocks (or even undoes) 
things we expect, feel we deserve or have worked so long and so hard to 
accomplish.
Life is constantly 
changing 
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 But because we fear starting again, looking foolish or that we might end 
up somewhere worse, we often don’t want to change when things begin 
changing around us.
 We deny change has arrived or was coming. We get frustrated and start 
to blame others. We cling to what was, instead of what simply now is.
Accept the Change
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 We seethe with impotent stress and vexation. We think more about what 
could go wrong than go right. We let our fears grow out of control then 
control us.
 But the fact is, like it or not, that the world is constantly changing. And 
while not all change is good or necessary it always creates new 
opportunities, whether we recognise them immediately or not.
All change is good 
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 When change happens, the first thing to realise is that how you react is 
your choice. The biggest barrier to change is inside you.
 The second thing to realize is that the best way to deal with change is to 
keep things simple, be flexible and move quickly. When change comes 
along simply change with it.
How to Enjoy 
Change?
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 “Where am I likely to find the best opportunities, fighting this change or 
embracing it?”
 “What could my life look like if these new circumstances led to something 
even better than the ones that I’m leaving?” and
 ”What would I do if I wasn’t afraid I might fail?”
Ask yourself
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 When you enjoy change you’ll learn to love testing the edge of your 
comfort zone; you’ll be ready to embrace change again and again when it 
happens.
 You’ll be less stressed, less unhappy and more adaptive than those who 
resist the inevitable.
How to Anticipate 
and Adapt to 
Change Quickly
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