The book "Who Moved My Cheese" (by Spencer Johnson) has been heard at a very young age and has been popular all over the world for many years, but it is a pity that I was not a person with good reading habits before. I have heard a lot of books and bought a lot of books, but I have only read a few books.

It is often said that people have a certain number of hardships to eat in their life. If they have not suffered hard before, they will never escape. This book should not have been read a long time ago, but now it is always made up (but now I enjoy reading). However, how can I put it? People will have different feelings when they read the same book at different stages. If they read this little book when they were very young, they may not feel what they feel now.

This book is relatively short, and it is also very attractive with cartoon pictures. It can be read in about an hour, and it is suitable for people of all ages. It tells the fable story of two mice and two dwarfs looking for cheese in the maze, which causes people to think about how to deal with changes in their work and life.

Two little mice "sniff" and "hurry" and two dwarfs "hum" and "haw". They live in a maze and look for cheese together. One day, they also found a C cheese warehouse with abundant reserves, so they lived a happy life by C warehouse. One day after a long time, the cheese suddenly disappeared. This sudden change exposed their mentality and behavior: sniffing and rushing with the change, immediately put on the shoes that always hung around their necks, immediately set out to look for it again, and soon found a fresher and richer cheese; while the two dwarfs Hem and Haw hesitated in the face of the change and could never accept the cruel reality that the cheese had disappeared. After fierce ideological struggle, Haw finally broke through the shackles of thought, put on running shoes that had not been used for a long time, re-entered the dark maze, and finally found more and better cheese, while Hem was still unhappy and guarding warehouse C, expecting cheese to appear again one day.

Returning to reality from fables, "cheese" is a metaphor, which refers to anything we want in life, which can be a job, a kind of interpersonal relationship, money, luxury, freedom, health, recognition from others and appreciation from the boss.

There are four fictional characters in this story: two little mice sniffing, hastily humming and chirping with two dwarfs. They represent the simple side and the complex side of our humanity. Regardless of our age, gender, race and nationality, we can find our own shadow from them. Sometimes we are simple-minded but quick-moving, but more often we are grunts and haws who claim to have brains but hesitate to act. We will make different responses to sudden changes and bear different results. This paper focuses on describing Haw's psychology in the process of moving forward again after fierce ideological struggle, including reluctance to the present situation, fear of being lost in the future, unwillingness to give up, self-deprecating pain, happiness in progress and satisfaction in finally reaching his goal.

Through this story description, the book also summarizes a series of thoughts on dealing with the changes in life and work:

1. Change will always happen. As we usually say, "the only constant in this world is change", our "cheese" will always be taken away, or sometimes no one moves our cheese, and cheese itself has its own life cycle;

2. predict and pay close attention to changes, always be prepared to lose cheese, and often "smell" cheese, so that you will know whether it is still fresh;

3. Sometimes we should simply look at the problem, like sniffing and rushing, and then act flexibly and quickly, instead of being full of complicated multi-faceted analysis like Haw and Hem.

4. adapt to the change quickly and give up the old cheese as soon as possible, and the sooner you can enjoy the new cheese;

5. If you want to make a change, the biggest obstacle comes from yourself. You must overcome the psychology of coveting comfort and fear alone and find the way forward. No one can replace or force you in this process. You must understand the benefits of change through your own experience, otherwise everything will be in vain.

6. Enjoy the change, enjoy the adventure and the delicacy of the new cheese. When you overcome your greed for comfort and fear and embark on the journey again, you will feel more relaxed and comfortable. Looking forward to the wonderful future life can increase your confidence in moving forward.

7. As long as you are fully prepared, you won't panic in the face of change.

writing down these contents reminds me of a thing that I chickened out in the face of changes at the end of last year. I have been in my current company for more than five years, and I have been feeling the bottleneck at this stage since the beginning of last year, so I sought opportunities from outside. At the end of the year, I received an offer from a small foreign company, with a relatively large increase in salary and a slight promotion in my position. According to the truth, this offer is basically in line with my purpose of job-hopping, but since I thought of leaving my job, I have been criticizing the new company. I have made comparisons with the new company over and over again, and I have imagined the situation in these two companies, etc. After much deliberation, I finally refused it. It was a little pity at that time, but I comforted the correctness of my choice with the reasons that I picked out. As a result, no one expected the COVID-19 epidemic in the coming year, and now the company's business has been affected. In April, it also implemented a one-month salary reduction plan. The most important thing is that its bottleneck is still the biggest problem. On the other hand, the business of that new company is still very strong, and now I think about it and I will regret the original decision. I think in this matter, in the face of the upcoming changes, I made a "hum", fearing the changes and throwing away the most important reason for wanting to move forward at that time.

The only constant in this world is change. When faced with cheese that is taken away at any time or naturally dies, should we sniff, hurry, chirp or hum? It's up to us. As mentioned above, this is a road that no one can take your place. In reality, when we face changes, what we often do is to move forward, but we are worried that we won't find enough cheese. Instead, we will lose the existing cheese, and we will always be swayed by considerations of gain and loss and be unable to make progress.

The purpose of learning is to change. Perhaps after reading the book, the best thing we can do is to reflect on our past mistakes and learn from them, so as to plan the future. Don't repeat such a life-"Some people died at the age of 3 and were buried only at the age of 8"? .

? ? Remember, they will always take away your cheese, and the cheese will die by itself!