The Importance Of Change In Who Moved My Cheese By Dr. Spencer Johnson

Change is a choice and every person faces change, however for each person change is handled in very diverse ways. Regardless, without change the result remains the same because change alters the final destination. In Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson, turning points in the characters choices to change resulted in the gratification of cheese. Johnson portrays cheese to embody an individual’s desires, each personal to themselves. Cheese in a sense was the tangible representation of goals, things, places, and utmost desires of a person. Although every character was able to obtain cheese, each piece of cheese held a different but special value. Sometimes change has the potential to be detrimental, however one’s reaction to change when confronted can be met with great advantage and lead to success, cheese!

On a day-to-day basis I identify more with Haw, I am open-minded but am constantly controlled by my fear of the unknown. Haw wrote it best when he stated “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” (Johnson, 1998) I consistently ponder an idea of the “what if” situations, rather than jumping the gun or making rash decisions. However, this usually takes too much time and thought and I end up losing the situation altogether. Fortunately, like Haw, I do end up changing simply because I enjoy both simple and dynamic changes as well as the results that flourish from the decision to change. “Enjoy Change! Savor the adventure and enjoy the taste of new cheese!” (Johnson, 1998)

The four characters in the book Who Moved My Cheese are Sniff, Scurry, Hem, and Haw. Sniff, a mouse that lives in the “maze” uses his nose to “sniff” for changes and the direction to where the cheese is potentially located. According to Roger’s theory of diffu...

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...and ways. As a nurse I will have to stay on top of all the new techniques that come out to ensure the safety and well being of my patients. As such I will hopefully become part of the early adopters and help my peers learn those same skills.

Everyday a person has a choice to make, whether the choice leads to a positive change or not is not known until it has been followed through. Dr. Johnson’s book Who Moved My Cheese showed very well that changes would lead to more cheese; though it not always certain how much cheese if any is down the corridor, without trying it will always be zero. Every persona in Dr. Johnson’s book receives the cheese that they desired through the amount of change that they were willing to do. This leads to the desire to constantly be on the lookout for changes for some and to their own fault leads to the stagnation and failure of others.