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Who Moved My Cheese? :
“As it turned out, he fell in love with the Vermont mountains, took up skiing, skied on his college team and now lives happily in Colorado.” “If we had all enjoyed this Cheese story together, over a cup of hot chocolate, we could have saved our family a lot of stress.” Jessica said, “I’m going home to tell my family this story. I’ll ask my children who they think I am--Sniff, Scurry, Hem or Haw-and who they feel they are. We could talk about what we feel our family’s Old Cheese is and what our New Cheese could be.”
Frank then commented, I think I’m going to be more like Haw and move with the Cheese and enjoy it! And I’m going to pass this story along to my friends who are worried about leaving the military and what the change might mean to them. It could lead to some interesting discussions.”
“谁动了我的奶酪”的故事
“然而后来的情况是，他疯狂地迷上了佛蒙特的山区，开始学习滑雪，并参加了大学里的滑雪队和登山队。现在，他有了更多的新伙伴，他愉快地生活在科罗拉多。” “如果当初面对改变时，我们全家能端上一杯热巧克力，一起享受这个故事的乐趣，或许我们家庭中的许多无谓的压力和紧张气氛早就烟消云散了。” 杰西卡赶忙说，“没错，我回去后，要把这个故事和全家分享。我还要问我的孩子们，我像故事中的谁――嗅嗅、匆匆，还是哼哼和唧唧――他们又觉得自己像谁。我们还要讨论，我们家的‘旧奶酪’是什么，‘新奶酪’又应该是什么。” “这的确是个好主意！”理查德大声赞同，把大家吓了一跳，连他自己都奇怪怎么会这么大声。 弗兰克也受到了快乐情绪的感染，喜悦之情溢于言表：“我觉得自己越来越像唧唧，我已经做好准备随着奶酪的移动而移动，并且能够从中得到快乐!我也要把这个故事讲给我军中的朋友们，他们正担心离开部队后生活的变化。这一定会引起一场有趣的讨论。”
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After that he said he laughed at himself and changed his attitude. He realized his boss had just “moved his Cheese.” So he adapted. He learned the two new sports, and in the process, found that doing something new made him feel young.
It wasn’t long before his boss recognized his new attitude and energy, and he soon got better assignments. He went on to enjoy more success than ever and was later inducted into Pro Football’s Hall of Fame---Broadcasters’ Alley.
That’s just one of the many real-life stories I’ve heard about the impact this story has had on people---from their work life to their love life.
I’m such a strong believer in the power of Who Moved My Cheese? that I gave a copy of an early pre-publication edition to everyone (more than 200 people) working with our company. Why?
Because like every company that wants to not only survive in the future but stay competitive, The Ken Blanchard Companies are constantly changing. They keep moving our "Cheese." While in the past we may have wanted loyal employees, today we need flexible people who are not possessive about “the way things are done around here.” And yet, as you know, living in constant white water with the changes occurring all the time at work or in life can be stressful, unless people have a way of looking at change that helps them understand it. Enter the Cheese story.
When I told people about the story and then they got to read Who Moved My Cheese? you could almost feel the release of negative energy beginning to occur. Person after person from every department went out of their way to thank me for the book and told me how helpful it had been to them already in seeing the changes going on in our company in a different light. Believe me, this brief parable takes little time to read, but its impact can be profound.
As you turn the pages, you will find three sections in this book. In the first, A Gathering, former classmates talk at a class reunion about trying to deal with the changes happening in their lives. The second section is The Story of Who Moved My Cheese?, which is the core of the book.
In the third section, A Discussion, people discuss what The Story meant to them and how they are going to use it in their work and in their lives.
Some readers of this book's early manuscript preferred to stop at the end of The Story, without reading further, and interpret its meaning for themselves. Others enjoyed reading A Discussion that follows because it stimulated their thinking about how they might apply what they'd learned to their own situation.
Everyone knows that not all change is good or even necessary. But in a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.
In any case, I hope each time you re-read Who Moved My Cheese? you will find something new and useful in the brief story, as I do, and that it will help you deal with change and bring you success, whatever you decide success is for you.
I hope you enjoy what you discover, and I wish you well. Remember: Move with the Cheese!
Ken Blanchard
San Diego, California
“谁动了我的奶酪”的故事
听完故事后，他觉得自己以前的态度和行为十分可笑并迅速采取行动，进行调整。从此，他的工作和行为大大地改善了。因为他已经明白，老板只是拿走了他的奶酪而已，而他所应该做的就是调整自己，适应变化。于是他很快调整好自己的状态，以便适应新的工作，并开始下功夫去熟悉、了解游泳和跳水项目。在开展新工作的过程中，他惊奇地发现，做新的事情竟然使他感觉又焕发了青春。 不久，老板发现查理改变了工作态度，并且重新焕发出了新的活力，于是，给他分派了更多的新的有挑战的工作。从此查理走上了不断成功的道路，并从中享受到了前所未有的喜悦。后来，他被推选为“职业足球名人堂”最佳播音员之一。 我听到很多人表示，这个故事对他们的职业生涯和情感生活产生了巨大的冲击和震憾，而查理•琼斯的故事只是真实生活中这许许多多例子中的一个。 我是如此地相信“谁动了我的奶酪”这个故事所具有的影响力和震撼力，以致于我把这个故事成书之前的一个版本，送给每一位同我们公司有合作的人(大约有二百多人)。我为什么这样做呢?
因为，一个公司的经营，不能只停留在求生存的阶段，而必须始终保持一种竞争的状态。我们布兰查德培训公司就是在不断地改变着，有人不断地拿走我们的“奶酪”。过去，传统的公司喜欢忠诚刻板的员工；而今天，我们更需要的是迅捷灵活的人而不是那种习惯于“按部就班”工作的雇员。 我们都知道，工作与生活就像不断翻滚的浪花，各种变化都在时时发生。生活在其中，的确使人感到紧张不安，除非有一种办法能使我们关注到这些变化，并且能够从中得到启迪。有一条找到这种办法的途径，那就是走进“奶酪的故事”。 当人们听我讲起这个故事后，就纷纷开始去读《谁动了我的奶酪》。而在阅读过程中，几乎每个人都感觉到这个故事让人有一种释放压力并开始放松的神奇的作用。各个部门的人一个又一个地跑来感谢我向他们介绍了这本书，并且告诉我这本书对他们的帮助是多么巨大，使得他们能够从不同的角度看待公司正面临的种种变化。 请相信我，这则简短的寓言只需花费你不多的时间，但它带给你的影响将是深远的。 本书包括三个部分。 第一部分，“同学聚会”――讲述一群过去的同窗在一次聚会上讨论如何应对生活中的种种变化。 第二部分是全书的核心――“谁动了我的奶酪”的故事。 在故事中，你会发现，当面对变化时两个老鼠做得比两个小矮人要好，因为他们总是把事情简单化；而两个小矮人所具有的复杂的脑筋和人类的情感，却总是把事情变得复杂化。这并不是说老鼠比人更聪明，我们都知道人类更具智慧。但换个角度想，人类那些过于复杂的智慧和情感有时又何尝不是前进道路上的阻碍呢?
当你观察故事中四个角色的行为时，你会发现，其实老鼠和小矮人代表我们自身的不同方面――简单的一面和复杂的一面。当事物发生变化时，或许简单行事会给我们带来许多的便利和益处。 本书的第三部分，“讨论”――是那些同窗好友们围绕这个故事展开的讨论，他们讨论这个故事的意味，以及如何把这个故事带给人们的启迪运用到生活与工作中去。 有些读过成书之前的手稿的读者读完故事本身后就停下来，不再继续阅读关于这个故事的讨论。另外一些人则更乐于阅读故事后面的“讨论”，因为他们认为从中可以受到启发，可以思考如何将从故事中学到的东西运用到他们的实际生活中去。 无论怎样，我都真诚地希望各位像我一样，在每次阅读这个故事的时候，都能从中领悟到一些新的、有用的东西；希望它能帮助你妥善地应对各种变化，不论你的成功目标是什么，它都能助你走向成功。 我希望你们能欢欣于你们从故事中所发现的道理，并能享受到这一发现的乐趣。祝你们一切顺利。请记住一句话：随着奶酪的变化而变化。
