I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in Someone Else's Maze (Bk Business) Hardcover – September 5, 2011

This is a teaching guide, as well as entertainment. Three mice found three solutions. Each was tailored to their gifts. How many of us take stock of our gifts, then use them to solve problems? Thank you for sharing your gift. It was enlightening.

World populations in a mass media monotony induced state of unconscious staring, total distraction and suspended disbelief. We have a lot we could learn from the mice in this short tale. Worth a read and then you can return to your comatose state immediately.

This is not casual reading. Although I do read to learn and be able to share what I learned, this material should give you a letter grade for reading it. This level of reading could be used in a business course to engage and expose young minds in preparation for a corporate life.

The PROS: short, concise, quick-read, easy to understand, humorous, engagingThe CONS: frustrating to know not everyone can immediately apply these concepts, so perhaps the message of the book is a little too idealistic for the average person, and the discussion questions at the end are a little overwhelming due to the volume of questions provided. Overall, a good book though. I bought the Kindle version initially, and later a hard copy version to share with others. I also own WMMC which is equally enlightening and counterintuitive, so I encourage people to chase WMMC down with this book to get a balanced perspective on cheese-hunting.

This is a very short book - it took me about 1/2 hour to read, including the foreward and "discussion questions" at the end - but an interesting fable that gives you some philosophical points to ponder. It didn't hold any "aha" moments for me; none of the philosophy contained in the fable is either new or dramatic, but I enjoyed it and thought it was worth reading. Certainly worth the .$99 special price I paid for it.Note that (to me) a 3 star review is a decent book worth reading, a 4 star review indicates a book I thought was really good, and a 5 start review would indicate a book that is well worth reading multiple times and is might even be on the list of my all time favorites.

In an era of data overflow, complex models and increasing instability, Professor Malhotra, a tenured HBS Scholar, offers us a fable? I bought the book because I really apreciated the author's work on The Negotiation Genius. And I was expecting more Negotiation tools and insights. But this book really surprised me. On the surface there is no Negotiation there. The simple and engaging narrative makes it a quick read. But the message is powerful. I think the great contribution Professor Malhotra, as an educator, offers with this book is to extend the concept of framing to a larger audience. This is key in Negotiations. This is key in every life decision. It's worth reading and passing it to our loved ones.

A pithy book is often better than a long book, even with identical pricing. This book is even shorter than it seems since 40% of the book is teaching aids (at the back of the book). Reading on kindle, I was surprised I was finished at 60%. So it's very brief. However, the book makes its point, relates it to the One Minute Manager series book, "Who Moved My Cheese?", and provides a potent maze metaphor for the traps we often find ourselves in.Read this book if you want to escape the cheese chase and think outside the maze.

A reflection on how rote is ingrained in individuals. Also let's you know you can Brea out of your maze.