One sunny Sunday in Chicago, numerous former classmates, who had been suitable
friends in school, gathered for lunch, having attended their excessive university
reunion the nighttime before. They preferred to hear higher about what was
happening in each and every other's lives. After a suitable deal of kidding, and an acceptable
meal, they settled into a fascinating conversation.
Angela, who had been one of the most famous human beings in the class, said, “Life
sure grew to be out in another way than I idea it would when we have been in school. A
lot has changed.”
“It actually has,” Nathan echoed. They knew he had lengthy gone into his family's
business, which had operated quite an lousy lot the same and had been a section of
the nearby nearby for as lengthy as they ought to remember. So, they have been
surprised when he seemed concerned. He asked, “But, have you considered
how we do no longer choose to alternate when things change?”
Carlos said, “I bet we withstand changing, because we're afraid of change.”
“Carlos, you had been Captain of the football team” Jessica said. “I by no means thinking
I'd hear you say some aspect about being afraid!”
They all laughed as they realized that although they had lengthy past off in brilliant
directions—from working at domestic to managing companies—they had been
experiencing same feelings.
Everyone was once once making an attempt to cope with the sudden changes that had been
happening to them in present day years. And most admitted that they did now no longer apprehend
a proper way to cope with them.
Then Michael said, “I used to be afraid of change. When a huge trade obtained right here
along in our business, we did not apprehend what to do. So we did not adjust, and we
almost misplaced it.
“That is,” he continued, “until I heard a humorous little story that modified
everything.”
“How so?” Nathan asked.
“Well, the story changed the way I regarded at change—from losing some component
to gaining some-thing—and it established me how to do it. After that, things
quickly improved—at work and in my life.
“At first I used to be annoyed with the apparent simplicity of the story due to the truth it
sounded like some thing we would perchance have been cautioned in school.
“Then I realized I used to be truely aggravated with myself for no longer seeing the obvious
and doing what works when things change. “When I realized the 4 characters in the story represented the various elements
of myself, I determined who I favored to act like and I changed.
“Later, I surpassed the story on to some human beings in our company, and they surpassed
it on to others, and quickly our enterprise did a gorgeous deal better, because most of us
adapted to alternate better. And like me, many humans stated it helped them in
their private lives.
“However there have been a few people who stated they acquired nothing out of it. They
either knew the coaching and have been already living them, or, increased commonly,
they wondering they already knew the total factor and did not want to learn. They
couldn't see why so many others have been benefiting from it.
“When one of our senior executives, who was as soon as having issue adapting, said
the story used to be a waste of time, extraordinary humans kidded him announcing they knew
which character he used to be in the story—meaning the one who realized nothing
new and did now not change.'”
“What's the story?” Angela asked.
“It's called. Who Moved My Cheese?”
The crew laughed. “I anticipate I like it already,” Carlos said. “Would you tell us
the story? Maybe we can get some aspect from it.”
“Sure,” Michael replied. “I'd be relaxed too—it does no longer take long.” And so he
began:
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