Published in 1998, Who Moved My Cheese? Is a simple parable that reveals profound truths about change. It is an amusing and enlightening story that tells of four characters who live in a “Maze” and look for “Cheese” to nourish them and bring them happiness. “Cheese” is a metaphor for what you want to have in life: good job, a loving relationship, money, a possession, good health, or spiritual peace of mind. And “The Maze” is the place where you look for what you want-the company you work in, or the community you live in.
In this story that Dr. Spencer Johnson created, the characters are faced with unexpected change. In the end, one of them deals with it successfully, and writes what he has learned from his experience on the walls of “The Maze.”