I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse To Live As Mice In Someone Else's Maze (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
This book is meant as a response to "Who Moved My Cheese." While I thought Malhotra had a point as far as the limits of the moral of Who Moved My Cheese, his particular parable left a little to be desired. In the appendices he mentions that Zed was the most difficult character to write, and this shows. While Max's journey does convey the point well (Why is the cheese moving), and Big serves his purpose, Zed's character is as ill-defined and awkward as the worldview that he apparently espouses. Max is a forward-thinking innovator who seeks to understand what is beyond the maze and why the cheese moves. He isn't afraid to ask the questions that are "off limits" in the mouse/maze world and to think (literally) outside the box.Big is a mouse that doesn't conform to the standards of the mouse/maze world and marches to the beat of a different drum. He exercises and does not live his life in pursuit of cheese. He wakes up every morning with personal purpose.Zed is a guru who can walk through the walls in the maze, so for him, the maze isn't really real. He doesn't necessarily have to eat, and is considered wise.Each "overcomes" the maze in his own way. This is a very quick read, and an interesting perspective.This book is a rebuttal (perhaps too strong a word) to the wildly popular "Who Moved My Cheese". That book's premise was - when things around you change, you must accept the change or you won't survive. There wasn't really a question of "who" in that book, or why. I Moved Your Cheese is about understanding who, what, why, and then responding to the change. Much more of a focus on thinking and not blindly accepting what is happening around you.It's an hour read - and interesting enough to get you thinking, but I feel like it truly just scrapes the surface.
What do You think about I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse To Live As Mice In Someone Else's Maze (2011)?
After reading it, I still believe "Who moved my cheese" is a much nicer and better grounded story...
—brendalee
I'm going to pick up a few copies of this book as gifts for my nieces and nephews.
—akd123
This was not what I was expecting and not very helpful.
—Kakey70
Short parable on looking outside the "maze"
—Javeria
