Eddie Lopizzo
Spencer Johnson Created the story to help him deal with change His friends convinced him to write it as a book Sold 21 million copies Amazon.com #1 all-time bestselling single book Also wrote the One Minute Manager
People That Use It Charlie Jones NBC TV reporter Companies, Schools, Military, Churches
Metaphors The cheese – represents what you want in life The maze- where the four characters lived and looked for cheese to make them happy The characters
Characters Four Main Characters
Characters Hem- denies and resists change Haw- learns to adapt Sniff- sniffs out change Scurry- adapts according to change
Quotes on the Wall
Quotes on the Wall Know when change is coming… be prepared
Quotes on the Wall Where would you be Better things might happen Embrace change
Quotes on the Wall
Conclusion Change happens Anticipate change Be ready for change Adapt to change fast Change
Criticism Don’t understand how the story is valuable The story is to simple It insults their intelligence that its common sense Fear its saying, all change is good Get nothing out of the book
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