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Spencer Johnson: Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life (2002) 3 stars

Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and …

Review of 'Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

A fable for adults.  Purportedly about how to deal with change, and with a gushing introduction that told how it helped people.  "It saved my job!"  "It saved my marriage!"  "It saved my life!"  But I found it boring and simplistic.  The lessons that I heard in the text were:

Change is good.
Learning is fun.  (Well, duh!)
Motivational posters are useful.  (As jokes?)
Keep your head up, and run at the first hint of trouble.  In other words, quit before they get around to firing you.
Don't overthink.  In fact, don't think at all.  The best and quickest success comes from action without thought.

I don't think the author thought this through very well.  In fact, I kept being reminded of Animal Farm, and almost wondered if the whole thing was actually a parody.  

The book kept harping on overcoming your fear of change.  And maybe some people do fear change.  But I can still remember my absolute terror of being in that place, and my relief at escaping it.  So, no, nothing in this book spoke to me.