

Initially without cheese, each group, the mice and humans, paired off and traveled the lengthy corridors searching for cheese. Story Īllegorically, Who Moved My Cheese? features four characters: two mice, "Sniff" and "Scurry," and two Littlepeople, human metaphor, "Hem" and "Haw." (The names of the Littlepeople are taken from the phrase "hem and haw," a term for indecisiveness.) They live in a maze, a representation of one's environment, and look for cheese, representative of happiness and success. Who Moved My Cheese? book is a highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn how to deal with change in a positive and effective manner. As of 2018, it has sold almost 30 million copies worldwide in 37 languages and remains one of the best-selling business books. The text describes the way one reacts to major change in one's work and life, and four typical reactions to those changes by two mice and two "Littlepeople," during their hunt for " cheese." A New York Times business bestseller upon release, Who Moved My Cheese? remained on the list for almost five years and spent over 200 weeks on Publishers Weekly 's hardcover nonfiction list.


Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, published on September 8, 1998, is a bestselling seminal work and motivational business fable by Spencer Johnson.
