Who moved MY cheese
I have finally read “Who Moved my Cheese.” I recommend everyone read it if you have access to it, just because it’s short and easy to read.
My first impressions on the book that is supposed to be an eye opener on personal fear/motivation, was somewhat skeptical. I though the topic that the author was trying to tackle was quite large, and a story about mice and men (kind of, really ‘littlepeople’ as he refers to them), was not going to really do much to help me get rid of my fears and get motivated to make change.
After I read it though, I did see some benefit to the story. I don’t think I truly know what MY cheese is. What is it that I’m after? Spirituality and faith? money? power? own company? white picket fence home with 2.5 kids, loving stay at home wife, a dog and a warm dinner waiting for me at home? Needless to say, we all have a driving motivating factor that gets us out of bed. Sometimes it’s the fear of getting fired, or fear of not paying bills, perhaps the fear of being alone, but we all get out of bed and do what it is we do on a daily basis, but here is the thing… most of us complain about things not being the way we want them to be. And when we are asked what we want, some of us don’t even know what it is that we really want in life!
The story in and of itself is short, and I will probably read it again. I will read it slowly, and will try to put my name in for the story’s 4 different characters, as well as identify in myself what parts of me are represented in those characters. I will also challenge myself to identify what my Cheese (cheese as described by the author is that in life that which pursue) is and how I go about getting my cheese. The next thing after that is getting over my fears of change. And as much as I want to not admit to myself, I am comfortable with my unidentifiable wants in my life as things currently are. Once I identify what my Cheese is, I’ll try to identify what fears are keeping me from getting to where my cheese is.
Finally, change is something we all must deal with. We cannot simply pretend that change is controllable by some equation that we wrote. Change is imminent and continuous. We are living in change, we are the cause of change whether we like it or not, and we are change as human beings. We must learn to adapt to change, find our cheese, and when our cheese gets moldy, we must go out into that cold, cold world and find more of it. The ability to overcome the fear of something different, that is the ability to take a close look at what is comfortable to us, is in and of itself the driving force behind us going out, and pursuing our dream (cheese).
I hope that this post helps anybody looking for inspiration to change and find new opportunities in life. I know writing this post really helped me.
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