dude, where's my cheese?

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so yesterday we had this pep-talk meeting at work all about Embracing Change and got given a copy of this dreadful-looking motivational book called "who moved my cheese?" it looks like patronising simplistic crap to me, and i ph34r reading it... so are there ANY good self-help books or are they, as i suspect, ALL RUBBISH?

― katie (katie), Friday, 9 August 2002 09:46 (twenty-two years ago) link

i'd be a lot less reluctant to read it if it was called "dude, where's my pie?" for example!

― katie (katie), Friday, 9 August 2002 09:46 (twenty-two years ago) link

(and not that i NEED any mofo self help books anyway you understand)

― katie (katie), Friday, 9 August 2002 09:47 (twenty-two years ago) link

They are all rubbish, obv. (I am just blithley stating this of course; I haven't actually read any of them properly)(though perhaps I need to read one to cure me of my negativity, man)

― RickyT (RickyT), Friday, 9 August 2002 09:54 (twenty-two years ago) link

Well, I'm not sure if a booklet will make people feel empowered about the process of organisational change. It's better to involve people in the making of the cheese, than just giving them the cheese and telling them to eat it. It strikes me as a fob-off, "well we gave them that funny (ahem) book about change, so now they should all feel happy about what WE are going to do, otherwise they can just lump it"

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 9 August 2002 10:02 (twenty-two years ago) link

Close your eyes and think of Momus.

― Graham (graham), Friday, 9 August 2002 10:05 (twenty-two years ago) link

I don't mind embracing change but I'd much rather embrace banknotes.

Actually if anyone wants any hints on embracing change I'm the man to talk to. After all as a matter of course I get three new bosses every year, not to mention a complete change in the ethos and direction of my organisation. Its one of the things I love about me job. As long as they don't touch my cheese.

― Pete, Friday, 9 August 2002 10:10 (twenty-two years ago) link

A lot of the population of Edinburgh's New Town, especially the student population, should be forced to read 'Self-Hindrance' books instead.
It would be so perfectly horrid for them.

― Ray M (rdmanston), Friday, 9 August 2002 10:22 (twenty-two years ago) link

Having read some reviews of this it looks like the biggest pile of crap ever written and being given it by yr boss means yr cheese is soon to be elsewhere.

― RickyT (RickyT), Friday, 9 August 2002 10:32 (twenty-two years ago) link

I haven't even seen this book let alone read it but was on a course on Monday with a guy (seemed likeable & intelligent enough) who reckoned it had changed his life & who swapped a lot of cheese references with the course tutor through the morning.

I read all those One Minute Manager books but haven't ever been able to put the life-changing, stress-eliminating stuff into practice at work. Is that my failure or that of the books, I wonder?

― David Moore (Mooro), Friday, 9 August 2002 10:46 (twenty-two years ago) link

Motivational books = a sign of Satan. If you can be motivated enough to actually read the damn book, do you need the book?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 9 August 2002 12:22 (twenty-two years ago) link

"Who Moved My Cheese" is an evil, evil fucking book. When given this book, quit immediately. Issuance of this book generally means that some folks are getting fired.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 9 August 2002 12:35 (twenty-two years ago) link

cripes! colin you have voiced my inner ph34rs! (well, suspicions more than ph34rs, but you know...)

― katie (katie), Friday, 9 August 2002 12:41 (twenty-two years ago) link

"Who Moved My Cheese" is an evil, evil fucking book. When given this book, quit immediately. Issuance of this book generally means that some folks are getting fired.

Colin is totally fucking OTM. I know from personal experience (from watching about 40% of the people in my building get laid off last year).

― Nicole, Friday, 9 August 2002 12:48 (twenty-two years ago) link

Has anyone ever had the mini "Transactional Analysis" stuff they often give you in service jobs. This involves stories about "cold pricklies" and "warm fuzzies". hee heeeeeeeee.

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 9 August 2002 12:57 (twenty-two years ago) link

Jeez Louise, Nicole and Colin's stories scare me. That's bureaucratic/HR evil in a nutshell.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 9 August 2002 20:15 (twenty-two years ago) link

my cheese is currently in the hypermarket, but it won't be there for long. num num

― chris (chris), Friday, 9 August 2002 20:38 (twenty-two years ago) link

'Who moved my cheese?' is one of only five books that my flatmate/live-in landwoman has on her shelf. Should I be worried about redundancy?

― N., Saturday, 10 August 2002 13:46 (twenty-two years ago) link

It's too late for that, N.

― Nicole, Saturday, 10 August 2002 15:24 (twenty-two years ago) link

Having just googled this (b/c I thought u were making phun of thee gullible for a while there) it is clear to me that sniff, scurry, hem & haw are engaged in thee worship ov graven images (az r3pr3z3nt3d by thee big pile ov cheese) and that this book is actively encouraging pagan idolatry in thee modern workplace. That or it's just more shitty pop-psych for middle management. WATCH YOUR ASS if someone you work for hands you this book, I think.
(quote from book website)

"This complete half day learning program helps people in organizations change the way they look at change from seeing change as a "loss of something" to a way of "gaining something better!"

― Norman Phay (Norman Phay), Saturday, 10 August 2002 22:01 (twenty-two years ago) link

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