Who Moved My Cheese?

Spencer Johnson

One of the best-selling business books of all time, this short parable uses cheese and a maze as a metaphor for how differently people respond to unexpected change — and why anticipating and adapting to it beats denying or resisting it.

A simple parable about two mice and two tiny people who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what we want in life — a good job, a relationship, health, peace of mind. The maze represents where we look for it. When their cheese supply suddenly disappears, each character reacts to the unexpected change in a completely different way.