Who Moved My Cheese?
There were times in my life when I stopped moving and decided that I wanted to go back to the way it used to be. Well, who am I kidding? I am still doing that sometimes.
I remember hearing a story from Trev about managing change at the New Zealand Leadership Development Seminar in September. In that context, we were supposed to 'amaze the maze' by tackling the unsuspected events that will occur during the course of a conference and changing with them, not being afraid to make the necessary changes to the plan.
The other day in the book shop, waiting for Ozge to buy something, I happened upon the book he was referring to, "Who Moved My Cheese?", in the management section. I flicked through it there because it was a very short book and discovered another context in which it could be applied. "Cheese", instead of being a conference or a new strategy, are the things that we want in life, the things that make us feel happy and fulfilled. In the maze of life, when our Cheese has been moved, or slowly eaten away, we need to search out for new cheese straight away.
The most important lesson to learn, in this context, is that we must not dwell on what has been and gone. We must not sit and wait for our Cheese to magically reappear or even wish ourselves to be eating the same Cheese ever again.
In the last few months, that was what I was hoping for. For a return to my old Cheese. My old life - friends, ways I spent my time, my lifestyle. Now, I have come to a new realisation - something others had already figured out but only just clicked in my head. I will never get that Cheese back again so I might as well put on my running shoes and go find some new and different Cheese!
It doesn't mean I won't savour the taste of my old Cheese forever; it means I will not be someone sitting around waiting for something great to happen in my life. The other lesson is that we should not be so comfortable with our current situation that we forget the world is changing around us.
If you get my drift, great! If you don't, you can try flicking through the book.
I remember hearing a story from Trev about managing change at the New Zealand Leadership Development Seminar in September. In that context, we were supposed to 'amaze the maze' by tackling the unsuspected events that will occur during the course of a conference and changing with them, not being afraid to make the necessary changes to the plan.
The other day in the book shop, waiting for Ozge to buy something, I happened upon the book he was referring to, "Who Moved My Cheese?", in the management section. I flicked through it there because it was a very short book and discovered another context in which it could be applied. "Cheese", instead of being a conference or a new strategy, are the things that we want in life, the things that make us feel happy and fulfilled. In the maze of life, when our Cheese has been moved, or slowly eaten away, we need to search out for new cheese straight away.
The most important lesson to learn, in this context, is that we must not dwell on what has been and gone. We must not sit and wait for our Cheese to magically reappear or even wish ourselves to be eating the same Cheese ever again.
In the last few months, that was what I was hoping for. For a return to my old Cheese. My old life - friends, ways I spent my time, my lifestyle. Now, I have come to a new realisation - something others had already figured out but only just clicked in my head. I will never get that Cheese back again so I might as well put on my running shoes and go find some new and different Cheese!
It doesn't mean I won't savour the taste of my old Cheese forever; it means I will not be someone sitting around waiting for something great to happen in my life. The other lesson is that we should not be so comfortable with our current situation that we forget the world is changing around us.
If you get my drift, great! If you don't, you can try flicking through the book.
posted by Amy at 6:39 AM
6 Comments:
I totally get what you mean. I think there are times when we are trying to hold on to something and hoping that things are never changed. But it's good if we came upon that realisation that everything in life changes and might as well enjoy the ride. =)
Yes Amy I always find that the cheese didnt taste as good as it did before. So I may as well savour the taste in my mind as it's still as good there and move on to find better cheese.
I'll call you one of these days, we didnt finish our chat the other day.
great inspiration
:D
Its a great book, totally worth it. I got it when we just moved to NZ. It makes you feel better about changes doesn´t it? You should read "the present" and the "one minute millionaire" as well, its from the same writer. But im not gonna tell you what its about! You should really read it!
I will definitely check those out, Sim ;) and I'm glad you all get what I mean. Time to make some changes!!
Big hugs to you hun :) :) :) with lots and lots of love.
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