Reviews
Die Mäuse Strategie für Manager: Veränderungen erfolgreich begegnen by Gaby Turner, Spencer Johnson
nehaslibrary's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
2.75
I don’t like reading non-fiction too much, so I picked this book because it is short and seemed helpful. Although the general message of embracing and adapting to change is useful in day-to-day life, the oversimplified approach isn’t realistic at all. Decent book nonetheless.
andiadair22's review against another edition
2.0
Amusing story but kind of an obvious moral: if you see something is about to change, be prepared and make any changes you need to make yourself to adapt.
kellyodell's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
akshay_bonala's review against another edition
4.0
This book is a quick and easy read. It is very influential and If you want to get into Self-Help books then you can start with this book.
This review is spoiler-free...
Who Moved My Cheese? is basically a story of 4 rats inside a maze searching for Cheese. But it is a lot more than that. Throughout the story, it teaches us many many lessons.
The main purpose of this book is to how to adapt to Change? How to get back on race when you lose everything you have.
Answers to the above questions is beautifully derived in the story with the help of 4 Rats with different mindset (which is most commonly found in Humans) loses the cheese.
A very good and a Must read.
This review is spoiler-free...
Who Moved My Cheese? is basically a story of 4 rats inside a maze searching for Cheese. But it is a lot more than that. Throughout the story, it teaches us many many lessons.
The main purpose of this book is to how to adapt to Change? How to get back on race when you lose everything you have.
Answers to the above questions is beautifully derived in the story with the help of 4 Rats with different mindset (which is most commonly found in Humans) loses the cheese.
A very good and a Must read.
devinelybookish's review against another edition
1.0
Well. Even just thinking about this book again riles me up. I don’t even know why I bought the book. The premise sounded interesting, I guess, and it was cheap. The book only took me around two hours to read so at least I didn’t invest a lot of time and energy into reading it.
On the one hand, I can kind of see what the book is trying to accomplish. It is a message of encouragement and productivity in life. Instead of waiting around for something and complaining about changed circumstance, we should move on and look for something better.
On the other hand, it does it in a terrible way. It feels like an adult message told in a children’s story book fashion. It feels patronising. We have a group of adults talking about how they dislike their life. One of the adults tells the story of the two mice, humans, and block of cheese, and at the end the adults realise, in an expositional way, how the story relates to their lives and how they should change it. It is oversimplified and cringy. If only it was that easy to move on if say you’ve just got fired or accused of something you didn’t do. Life, unfortunately, it not that easy. I don’t know what the author was thinking. (More over, I don’t agree with the message Johnson is giving. To me, it feels like Johnson is explaining why laborers and lower class individuals should just accept and adapt to the whims of capitalism and upper class authorities instead of fighting for what is right. But hey ho.)
On the one hand, I can kind of see what the book is trying to accomplish. It is a message of encouragement and productivity in life. Instead of waiting around for something and complaining about changed circumstance, we should move on and look for something better.
On the other hand, it does it in a terrible way. It feels like an adult message told in a children’s story book fashion. It feels patronising. We have a group of adults talking about how they dislike their life. One of the adults tells the story of the two mice, humans, and block of cheese, and at the end the adults realise, in an expositional way, how the story relates to their lives and how they should change it. It is oversimplified and cringy. If only it was that easy to move on if say you’ve just got fired or accused of something you didn’t do. Life, unfortunately, it not that easy. I don’t know what the author was thinking. (More over, I don’t agree with the message Johnson is giving. To me, it feels like Johnson is explaining why laborers and lower class individuals should just accept and adapt to the whims of capitalism and upper class authorities instead of fighting for what is right. But hey ho.)
pixelsandreveries's review against another edition
If you are at a point in your life where you are thinking about change, going through change or feeling stale and disconnected and in a place of fear about where you are at right now, this book will be an encouragement to make those changes in your life. It’s a fable to just support and reassure you.
harry06's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.0