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27th July 2008, 03:00 PM
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Book #1: Who Moved My Cheese
Welcome to COLT Book Club   Our first book is: WHO MOVED MY CHEESE  by: Dr. Spencer Johnson  About the book: Language English Genre(s): Self-help / motivational Publication date: 1998 Pages: 96 pp Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, published in 1998, is a motivational book by Spencer Johnson written in the style of a parable. It describes change in one's work and life, and four typical reactions to said change with two mice, two "little people", and their hunts for cheese. A New York Times business bestseller since release, Who Moved My Cheese? has remained on the list for almost five years and has spent over two hundred weeks on Publishers Weekly's hardcover nonfiction list  About the author Spencer Johnson is known for his 1998 motivational book, titled Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life. It has stayed on the New York Times Bestseller list, and has remained on the Publishers Weekly Hardcover nonfiction list. Johnson, born in South Dakota, received a B.A. degree in psychology from the University of Southern California in 1963, and his M.D. from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He currently lives in Hawaii. Johnson also wrote the book "Yes" or "No": The Guide to Better Decisions (1992), which has been translated into a number of languages including Spanish, Korean and German . He co-authored the One Minute Manager series of books with management writer Ken Blanchard. YouTube - Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson - Book Review click here to download the e-book other books by Dr. Spencer Johnson Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens Who Moved My Cheese? For Kids  +  ok, here you can add anything you want what do you think about the book? x how much did it take to finish it? x what did you learn? x التعديل الأخير تم بواسطة : انجلش بتاريخ 27th July 2008 الساعة 03:48 PM. 
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27th July 2008, 07:07 PM
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I think that everyone should read this book it is very easy to read,comprehends and the most important is what you get from it after you finish it how much did it take to finish it? x actually it took from me an hour and half to finish it what did you learn? x I learned from this book that it is good to change and we should not be afraid of changing who knows maybe there is new good cheese waiting for us
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28th July 2008, 12:51 AM
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رد: Book #1: Who Moved My Cheese
Thanks English for this Book Club
 what do you think about the book?x I liked it.. this would be the third time that I read it. This book is one of the things that changed my life how much did it take to finish it? x one day what did you learn? x every time I read the book I learn a new thing this time I learned that it is o.k to be afraid from changing your way of living to another Life is changing & we have to change with it or we will consider extinct I found out that all the time I act like Haw
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28th July 2008, 07:44 AM
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رد: Book #1: Who Moved My Cheese
what do you think about the book? x I think it is really easy to read it`s not that complicated (I usually need to read the same page twice in order to understand) how much did it take to finish it? x I haven`t finished it yet.......! what did you learn? x -1- "When you reach that kind of success and your arrogance starts to grow,you`ll be so happy you won`t even notice what is happening" I had that in Level 4 i was so confident that i`m the smartest girl in clas and i didn`t notice that i started to skip classes and exams and I end up Failing in 4 subjects... -2- Never Over analyse things... -3- Trial-and -error 8 8 That`s me for sure......and it`s been working for me  -4- When Things go Wrong just "Find a new cheese!". QUESTIONS: "The more important your cheese is to you ,the more you want to hold on to it". Is the writer telling us that we shouldn`t hold on to something real tight? Or Is he telling us that you should hold on to our goals ?Wallah I couldn`t get it?
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28th July 2008, 11:00 AM
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The more important your cheese is to you ,the more you want to hold on to it".Is the writer telling us that we shouldn`t hold on to something real tight? Or Is he telling us that you should hold on to our goals ?Wallah I couldn`t get it? I think that is means that the more imprtant your goal is, the more you want to get it you should hold to your goals but be careful & notice the changes around you so that you will not lose your goal hope that you understand what I mean? 
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28th July 2008, 01:39 PM
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but i think the writer talked about it as if it was a negative thing? Don`t you think?
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28th July 2008, 05:16 PM
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it was not very clear .. but I think the writer meant not to hold on to something once it becomes a hopeless case.... at least that's what I think not to hold on to what's already gone ! Hem reminded me of an old friend of mine she didn't get the chance to be accepted in the university and ended up wasting a lot of years trying to be a student of that university. She refused to look in other directions for other opportunities, she turned down a lot of good chances, and she never got over the fact that life will always find a way to strike u. I really enjoyed that book .. I wish the next one will be as good
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28th July 2008, 07:03 PM
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i like this book actually, easy and interesting. how much did it take to finish it? x hmm about 2 days, i'am a slow reader by the way.. what did you learn? x I learned that whatever happened to you or any problem you face you should never give up and complain. You should cope with the change . Yes look at the bright side 
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28th July 2008, 07:09 PM
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I love that book It took me one hour and a half to finish it all I learn that I have to change and adopt to feel better whatever is my "Cheese" lol I really enjoyed it sooooo much I was like Hem but after I read it I would love to be like Haw ^_^ btw.... we have to laugh on ourselves once & awhile heheheh  wonderful book
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28th July 2008, 09:27 PM
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رد: Book #1: Who Moved My Cheese
Alsalam Alykom All
Al7amdillah I just finished reading “Who moved my cheese?” I have already read it before a while back, but a book is always benevolent Re-reading this has come at a good time as well. Thursday morning my mum’s uncle passed away, which brought up sore memories that I was proud to smother but they resurfaced that day. Anyway, back to the book. Has anyone noticed the significance of the little people names? I’ve looked them up in the Oxford dictionary and found the meaning of each name: Haw: to be full of activity Hem: to surround something so that they cannot move or grow easily In my opinion, the most appropriate meaning for both was from the actions (verbs) not the nouns. Throughout the book Haw was active while Hem was sulking away, making excuses to ponder on about the injustice of it all. But, as it is mentioned in p. 42, being active does not mean productive. A great lesson learned insh’Allah Oh, I also found out about the idiom Hum and Haw (Hem and Haw) it means to take a long time to make a decision or before you say something. There’s a point that I disagree on though, on p. 57 the author writes “Haw started to paint a picture in his mind again. He saw himself in great realistic detail, sitting in the middle of a pile of his favourite cheeses – from Cheddar to Brie!” Should we paint such images to move on? Might that not lead to disappointment? I’m very future oriented, but the plans I make are plausible and realistic, wouldn’t Haw be disappointed if the cheese wasn’t Cheddar or Brie? Then again maybe I’m over-analyzing. The book also touches an important problem, procrastination. I will talk more about that tomorrow :P hehe get it? Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. By delaying you’re only increasing the fear building up inside. I learned that lesson a while back al7amdillah from a dear friend of mind. I kept sulking over a matter I could’ve handled but decided not to in the fear that it might not work. I concentrated about it “not working” forgetting what might happen if “it did work”. I was a Hem but a Haw now I’ll be back with more later today insh’Allah
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29th July 2008, 01:13 PM
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