Who Moved My Cheese Report

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Who Moved My Cheese? 1. Discuss the reaction of the four main characters to the moving of the cheese and then discuss for each character an example you have observed where people acted in a similar manner. This story takes a little different view on how people act and why. It lets us take an outside look on how we work as humans right in front of our own eyes. Spencer Johnson implies the differences in people and how everyone can act differently trying to get one thing "the cheese." These characters go through a maze and it just makes it that more interesting, making the maze, life. The cheese is a metaphor for what anyone could want in life from cars, houses, money, health, etc. Each character in the story has a different approach and we can reflect upon that. Two of the characters in the story are of the animal world. Sniff and Scurry are two mice whose names correlate to how they act in life. Sniff literally sniffs out cheese, meaning he is on the lookout for good opportunities for whatever appeals to him. Sniff is never sitting around with his cheese but is always ready to jump on something new. In life I think many times I see this reflect on a business standpoint but at the same time it could come back to be on anything. In my life I see this in a little different perspective than most and it carries through to many of the characters. I spend a lot of time hunting and being in the best spot can be the cheese for me. Well for many people they have many places they hunt no matter what, when the weather or other influences are predictable good hunters are able to take advantage of this and see or "sniff" out the change and set up for hunting differently to be productive! Scurry, our other mouse character in the story, is always quick to move to action. Whenever he works together with sniff, knowing what is coming, he can help sniff move to action to plan
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