Reddit reviews Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

Whenever I see those 'CHANGE IS INEVITABLE' posts I harkon back to the 1 star reviews of Who Moved My Cheese...

Who Moved My Cheese?

"Hey! Who moved my cheese?!"

And done!!!

1. Blue the best for obvious reason.
   
   
2. Summer what’s better than beer pong? Pool beer pong.
   
   
3. Usual Food the best because it’s a local thing.
   
   
4. Gift for another for my love of Disney animation.
   
   
5. Book to read great insight into the human race.
   
   
6. Cheap because yummy.
   
   
7. For the doge because adorable.
   
   
8. Useless yet so awesome.
   
   
9. Movie because it’s my favorite.
   
   
10. Zombie to destroy their brains.
    
    
11. Life changing to adapt to in work life.
    
    
12. Add on because my kids are always getting sick.
    
    
13. Fandom because it’s an awesome show and these are in apparently.
    
    
14. Pricey for when the lights go out.
    
    
15. Sharks because it’s badass and my daughter would love it.
    
    
16. Good smells one of my favorite scents.
    
    
17. Childhood feels spent so many playing games on this.
    
    
18. Writers was helpful for me once upon a time.
    
    
19. Obsessed my life of Disney is strong right now.
    
    
20. Weird because lol.

I would suggest 12 people is too much for anyone to manage. The basic rule of thumb I have always related back to is no person should be responsible for more than about 7 people directly. But if you are stuck with the 12 with then my first thought would be to quickly identify 1 or 2 of those people to sort of run a small team within your team. I guess this depends what you do for work, but maybe silo'ing the team into some unofficial groups might make it easier?

I am a team leader. I look after three-four people currently. Very manageable. I have previously been in a position of managing a larger team and found it very daunting as well. Smaller teams are better are way better for us INFP people. I have been fortunate enough to have been involved in quite a bit of business coaching/leadership training over my years. This stuff is invaluable if you can get in on it, and don't consider it a once only affair. Keep revisiting this stuff to keep it fresh and give you new tools.

Also, a book recommendation. It's short but very good. http://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Amazing/dp/0399144463

You need to find a compatible 'interface'. In this case I would bet you just need to find the mouse's cheese and plug it into a USB port. If it isn't a wireless mouse then you will want to attach the cheese to the 'wire' and plug it in tail first. If that's too technical I found a user manual: Who Moved My Cheese

Yeah, that probably would have been cool of me to include that part.

The first is called Fish!

The second is called Who moved my cheese?

TL;DR: Suggested study for a 1960 USCF player, a near-expert.

| I am a 1960 USCF rated player

| This sudden lack of improvement

| I end up losing for various different reasons

| I don't think I'm improving anymore from books, tactics, DVDs, etc.

IOW, Who Moved My Cheese? (a short and insightful book)

| I'm confused about how I should fix these mistakes in my game.

[Chess teacher to post-beginners.]

Thanks; these are insightful clues

1. I see a good thing in your words: You're on the brink of changing from results-oriented thinking/expectations (My rating is here, and I'm disappointed that it's not at some higher level. These things happen during my games, and I don't know why) to action-oriented thinking (What steps do I need to take to improve?) Points: Judging yourself by your rating - as well as daydreaming about your rating - is an emotionally and spiritually expensive waste of your talents and potential. That energy is better spent on introspection - concerning discovering and naming your weaknesses - and creating and executing a plan of improvement of those weaknesses. Everyone hits plateaus; hitting them is a sign that doing the same old things will yield the same old results, and you've recognized that to get off the plateau, something must change in your behavior, but what, exactly? Also, one's rating is an estimate; a stagnant rating is not a reliable indicator of no improvement, and a moving rating at times is only an indicator of a change in luck. With every game is an opportunity to play into our best strengths and/or worst weaknesses. So let's find our most glaring weaknesses and improve them.
   
2. I see red flags in what I didn't read: What do you do to identify your weaknesses? Do you analyze your games in writing, in your own hand (neither typing nor through speech recognition) in a notebook, avoiding engine use until you've written every bit of analysis you can, unaided? Only after you've written your complete analysis of your game should you use an engine, mostly to poke holes in your already-written analysis. Do you attempt to use lessons you've just read/watched by quoting them in your analysis of your games, thus personalizing these lessons in a way that you can best own/absorb/understand them? Do you test yourself with software like chesstempo.com, which will statistically track/rate your solving with performance ratings on tactical motifs, endgame types and positional motifs (50 different motifs/types in each category)? Thus, once you've identified your 5 worst topics in each category, you can go to work on them until they're no longer your 5 worst.
   
   Suggestions:
   
   A) You're a good candidate for the writings of Dan Heisman on thought process in chess, particularly, the concept of hope chess (I hope I can get out of anything my opponent might threaten; I don't want to search) and real chess (I'll look for trouble now: what can my opponent do to me if I pass, i.e., don't move?).
   
   Given that you're already a near-expert, you can skip his Everyone's Second Chess Book. Try these:
   
   A Guide to Chess Improvement (longer explanations of many thought process topics; examples, but few puzzles). Do not be fooled by the fact that these are expansions of his Novice Nook columns. The book is rich with overlooked fundamentals, lessons that will fill the holes in your understanding of chess calculation.
   
   Is Your Move Safe? (about looking at the move you are about to make; rich with puzzles)
   
   Looking for Trouble (about looking at the move your opponent has just made; rich with puzzles).
   
   B) Here are three different sets of books/DVDs that will help you take a comprehensive look at the many facets of your chess. Again, once you've self-tested and diagnosed yourself in multiple facets, you can go to work on your weakest areas.
   
   i) I recommend the Step-by-Step method found at chess-steps.com or stappenmethode.nl (both sites are in English). You can start with a free sample download of the Chess Tutor 3 DVD, the highest Step having such a DVD. If Step 3 is too easy, start at Step 4. If that's too easy, Step 5 or 6 should be just right. Now in English and many other languages, they were written to teach chess to the children of the Netherlands. Make sure you get the latest editions at chess-steps.com, otherwise answer keys won't match problem sets. The recommended order for the books composing a Step: Basic lessons in the Manual, Workbook, Chess Tutor basic lessons, Extra, Plus Lessons in Manual, Plus, Plus lessons in Chess Tutor, Mix. There are some 500 exercises per book(let), about 2,500 - 3,000 per graduated step. The books in a Step are in sync with each other. The lessons are so thorough that they will fill in the holes in anyone's game.
   
   ii) You're strong enough for Artur Yusupov's books, which with their multi-topic, concise format, are ideal for such self-examination. 1700 FIDE is the author's and publisher's (Jacob Aagaard's) suggested lower boundary for starting his four books composing level 1 (orange, The Fundamentals, ELO 1700-1900): Build Up Your Chess 1, Boost Your Chess 1, Chess Evolution 1, which cover about 24 topics each, might help you get the rust out. Revision & Exam 1 comprises more positions in a way that matches the sections of the first three volumes. If you go to the blog section of qualitychess.co.uk, and search on the word Yusupov, you'll find many ideas on how to use the books, especially in the readers' well-moderated comments. Some recommend starting at level 1 and going through all ten books in the series. Even GMs find some of the strategic puzzles a challenge, even at level 1. There's also the (unfortunately defunct) Pawn to Rook 4 blog for more ideas on how to use the books.
   
   Both the publisher, Jacob Aagaard, and the author, Artur Yusupov, no longer recommend the rating ranges mentioned in the introduction to each book. They now recommend
   
   Level 1 (orange covers, fundamentals) FIDE 1700-1900
   
   Level 2 (blue, beyond the basics) FIDE 1900-2100
   
   Level 3 (green, mastery) FIDE 2100-2300
   
   Conclusion: The level 1 books by Yusupov, which are excellent works, are going to be just right.
   
   iii) Igor Khmelnitsky's three Chess Exam books (all for post-beginner to advanced):
   
   Chess Exam and Training Guide
   
   Chess Exam and Training Guide: Tactics
   
   Chess Exam: You vs. Bobby Fischer
   
   To find any of these books at the best price, use a book price aggregator like bookfinder.com or allbookstores.com.
   
   C) Chess coach vs. books/vids: It's a time vs. money decision; if money is no object, go for the coach. Understand that a good coach must be articulate in a way that you can understand/absorb, so sample and shop around. Don't expect a coach to wave a magic wand till all your chess barriers disappear; you must still do the homework. Think of your coach as a guide and diagnostician. Do the uncomfortable and ask your coach to be thoroughly honest about your skill set, in a constructive, solution-oriented (rather than a punishing, negative) way.
   
   Disclaimer: I have no financial or social media influence interest in any of the products/websites mentioned, above. I'm simply a satisfied consumer and a self-educated chess-education consumer.
   
   Please click on my username for previous discussions of adult chess improvement. I've given upvotes for plenty of wisdom from other respondents to the same threads, too.

You should read Who Moved my Cheese

Who moved my cheese?

A bunch of thieving monkeys, that's who.

"Who Moved My Cheese?"

Takes about 20 minutes, and is fantastic book for anyone who needs the motivation to move on from their current dead-end, "but I'm comfortable" job.

http://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Amazing/dp/0399144463

These books are more work related than philosophical, but it changed the way I looked at work and to a certain extent life in general. I think everyone could benefit from reading these.

• who moved my cheese Teaches you to not fear change but to embrace it
  
• the 1 minute manager Teaches you how to work with people in a positive way
  
• Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving in Teaches you how to get what you want
  
  These books won't teach you how to manipulate or con your way in life, but rather how by changing your own behaviour (in a positive way), you can change that of others (in a positive way).

The one that changed my perspective was Who Moved My Cheese?.

Based on your interests, you might like The Billionaire's Vinegar, Devil in the White City, and The Drunkard's Walk. They aren't necessarily life changing, but they are absorbing.

Kodak management never read "Who Moved My Cheese?" Lots of companies, and people, resist change to their last breath, when learning to flow with change is the true secret to success. Just ask Darwin.

This is really a Who Moved My Cheese moment.

The E-blade + Dagon combo was great, but there are plenty others. Yeah, farming ancient stacks was great, but there are other mechanisms for farming.

Maybe Midas Tinker will become a thing? Maybe, instead of beefing up magical/item damage, people will go pure DPS on him? His base attack would look pretty sweet w/ a Desolator or Skadi projectile.

Point is, there are plenty of people who will throw their arms up in the air and say "change is scary and I'm going home." There are others who get creative and will find ways of making him viable, potentially even improving on the previous incarnation.

Time to read the book on the subject, "Who Moved My Cheese?"

> Corporate profits have risen from approximately $1.4T to $1.6T from the beginning of last year. That is hardly stagnant. Moreover, the longterm trend has seen a massive increase with a near doubling in the past ten years from approximately $1T.

In first quarter 2015, profits were at an all time high, 1.7T, so stop saying they are now. After that, they dropped steadily down to 1.4T by 1st Qtr 2016, and haven't really rebounded back to where they were, granted 4th quarter 2016 has broken the losing streak, but before that they were what industry analysts call stagnant. At the end of the day we're still down 100+ billion from 2015.

I understand what your going through, hell my wife and I went through the same thing around the same age. We took a big risk, and it paid off, it was pretty much just luck and being in the right place and the right time, but we put ourselves in that place and when opportunity knocked we were ready.

You've let someone convince you that the only way your going to make it is via tax policy changes, aka waiting for the government. You've let someone give you a defeatist attitude, and kinda sound like you think society owes you something because you did a few things right. That isn't how life works.

Stop with the sob stories. Make a plan to double your salary within the next year and make it happen.

Try these, they helped me a lot. Using the resume book I got interviews with every company I sent a resume to.

https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Send-Resume-Other-Contrarian/dp/0786865962

https://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Amazing/dp/0399144463

https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Investing-Lessons-Every-Investor/dp/1118484878

Who Moved My Cheese? By spencer Johnson

Here's a link http://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Amazing/dp/0399144463

I'll leave this here

lol okay. I enjoy it because it's a thing, not because there is a carrot on the end of a stick for me.

might I suggest:
http://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Amazing/dp/0399144463