108 Quotes by Spencer Johnson

Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese.

It’s time to find New Cheese.” Hem argued, “But what if there is no Cheese out there? Or even if there is, what if you don’t find it?” “I don’t know,” Haw said. He had asked himself those same questions too many times and felt the fears again that kept him where he was. He asked himself, “Where am I more likely to find Cheese – here or in the Maze?

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.

The fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly.

Repeating the same behavior will just get you the same results. “As.

He realized that when he had been afraid to change he had been holding on to the illusion of Old Cheese that was no longer there.

While Haw still had a great supply of Cheese, he often went out into the Maze and explored new areas to stay in touch with what was happening around him. He knew it was safer to be aware of his real choices than to isolate himself in his comfort zone.

Some people never change and they pay a price for it.

As far as work goes, maybe instead of changing jobs, I should be changing the way I am doing my job. I’d probably have a better position by now if I did.