I had just finished reading this now,
I had heard about it but never read it till now.
If you have not read this go get it right away.
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Change happens.
they keep moving the cheese
Anticipate Chance. Get ready for the cheese to move.
Monitor chance. Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old.
Adapt to change Quickly. The Quicker you let go of old cheese. The sooner you can enjoy new cheese
Change. Move with the cheese
Enjoy change. savor the adventure and enjoy the taste of new cheese
Be ready ti change Quickly and enjoy it again and again. They keep moving the cheese
<Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old.>
I LOVE old cheese, and you have to go to France to get it. No really aged, runny, un-pasteurized available here. Occasionally when I can find it, the family makes me keep it outside.
What does it mean?
Forrest
got an extra detail or two about this that would be useful????
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Im trying but cant type fast or good enough to explain the whole story.
Just as i was reading this i was reading about the fellows that had troubles in Michigan and thought what a parallel. The book showed me too i am stuck in a rut of sorts and need to make a move. Its ok to be scared
don't worry till hit the terror level....
got what you were saying afer the second post...
didn't know the book till you did a synophisis...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Its a good book. The lessons are simple enough to understand but implementing the changes needed aren't so easy. Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
bobbys
I've read it for decades. I saw the problem coming more than three years ago but could not find new cheese..
I'm looking everyplace I can think of but thus far have not found any and it's been nearly 10 months since I last drew a paycheck.. (er,..... cheese)
A young cheese seeker approached an old cheese wiz..( sorry couldn'thelp myself) and asked the Whiz, How do I FIND the cheese?
The whiz led him up a steep mountain, and stopped..said to the youngster.."Just sit"
After an hour of silence, the seeker finally broke out and said "Where's the cheese?"
The whiz replied, "Listen, do you hear the mountain stream?"The seeker intently listened for a short while..and like a bolt of lightning, he exclaimed "YES, I Hear the stream!"The whiz calmly said..."That, is the beginning of the cheese"
As they walked away down the mountain..the young seeker thought and asked the Old Whiz..." What if I had not heard the stream?"
The Whiz replied.....
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"We strive for conversion,we get lost in conversation, and wallow in consternation. "Me.
Frenchy,i read the book last winter--in fact i commented on it here at that time.
It was a fun little book--a bit trite-----but basically made excellent points in a simplistic styleIf we continue in the vernacular of the book---- I don't think you are looking for "new cheese" i think you are looking for "old cheese"---which is, in your case---a job in sales. BTW-- i don't make light of your situation AT ALL.Let me go off on a tangent????I read 2 newspapers a day. not the help wanteds--but the paper itself.It is a RARE day----when I do NOT see something in each paper that makes me think" THERE is an opportunity!" it might be an opportunity for ME-----it might be an opportunity for someone else with different skills or education---but basically--- I see a minimum of 14 opportunities per week. for me--things have slowed down to manageable levels-- i can fit in a bike ride once or twice a week-- i ride, i think- i look at old houses---3,4,5 times per bike ride I stumble across something that makes me think---"THERE is an opportunity"I live in the rustbelt--and even here--it's not a matter of "no opportunities"---it's a matter of MORE opportunities than I can possibly follow up on----and deciding WHICH ones to pursueWe have HUGE opportunities here---but it's a matter of looking 5 years.10 years,20 years into the future.when i ride around my town- I am amazed at the opportunities i MISSED, 20 years ago('cause at that time i was focused on how am I gonna buy groceries on saturday)----but thosed missed opportunities shine a light on some opportunities RIGHT here and now.whenever a LOT of people have a problem--rightthere is an opportunity.Very best wishes,BTW- before i forget.-- I notice that the front page--is largely a waste of time---the interesating things--the opportunities-the real news------is buried farther back in the paper.--it's facinating how many times "Front Page News"--is stuff i first read about weeks, months or years ago in the back pages"
stephen
Edited 6/10/2008 7:26 am ET by Hazlett
Hazlett
I'm at the age (60) when it's nearly impossible to change careers. (I've tried). I understand my strengths and weaknesses and I am not a manager type person nor am I an accountant or many other careers.
I have unsuccessfully tried to be an investor as well as run my own company. I gave both a honest try with adequate initial capitol. I am pure and simple a salesman. A very good one based on my past record, trophy's, awards, and prizes.. (not to mention income)
There are countless entry level jobs in my field with lousy rewards. Since most salesmen work on commission only that means I could spend six months or more trying to get something to work and receiving either nothing or near nothing for my efforts..
There are also legitimate jobs but the competition for those is intense. With so many people looking from the home construction industry every company gets hundreds of applicants. One job attracted over 1000...
On the other hand I am finically secure enough that I can look without the pressure of taking anything just to have income. Both my daughters are out of the house and while I still support the youngest while she's in college that cost is relatively trivial.
In the mean time I'm working on my home and keeping a positive attitude.. Sometime today I should finish the exterior of my house. I will then be in a position to turn my attention inside and do the trim around the windows and painting followed by the floor. (which I really am exicted to get to since I have such a unique floor planned)..
Theres lots of different ways to make a living .
Unfortunately Im running out of some of them.
Theres still a lot out there .
My Dad was my mentor. I know he should be but Dads are not always ya know . Hes not what I would call a good craftsmen but he could dream up business plans. All kinds of them.
He had a heart attack and open heart surgery. He was the family provider . He had his boys put his tools in the basement and he made wood buckets . He sold them to flower shops first then lots of different business. Who woulda thought of that?
Back in the flea market rage he got to attending . That wasnt good enough. He didnt stop until he had bought a long goosneck trailer with a ton truck . He made a self contained camper from the front . He hauled a lot of places but finally the big one in Texas is where it ended.
He showed me you could make a living selling on the side of the road .
Tim
Tim
I know I can make money a variety of ways.. However I have a skill. A well honed skill that is and always will be in demand.. The only issue is the reward must equal the effort. So I won't go door to door selling brushes or lite bulbs. I could make money doing that but not as much as doing other things..
I'll find a oppertunity with rewards in line with the effort required..
Great little book.I have read it several times.Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood
frenchy--maybe another highly renumerative sales job will come along--maybe it won'tBut-since we are discussing" who moved my cheese' it just seems like you sound a LOT like one of the mice in the book( this is the way i have always done things, it has always provided for me, I have a skill, i deserve a certain level of renumeration, it's not fair, etc.,etc.) doesn't matter HOW skilled you are--if that skill isn't in demand.
you are a salesman--with one product to sell right now-YOU.---and no body is buying???---- me--- i would be less concerned about that one specific skill(sales)--and be re-evaluating OTHER skills i might also have--not just the one obvious one.BTW--60 year olds start over all the time
stephen
Ok I'll apply for that job selling peanuts at the studium tommorrow.. There are you happy? ;-)
frenchy and Hazlett,
Its funny as I admire both of you guys for what you have accomplished so I can glean something from each of your views. I find myself seeing things Frenchy's way as of late being kind of out of work myself.
I have been in your shoes Haz but I could never really make it big enough to call it successful. For years I just got by. I see opportunites all the time too but they all seem tor require some kind of capital to get started. Something I don't seem to have.
I guess the point of my post is pointless but just wanted to say I enjoy reading both of your perspectives.
Mike
question is, are you?
Not about a peanut selling job...
are you happy like you are now?
"What's an Arkansas flush?......It's a small revolver and any five cards."
intrepid Cat
That's a loaded question.. Filled with judgement..
OK I'm unhappy about not being an income producer. However the rest of my life is pretty well under control. I've replaced work for income with work on my house. Things go really slow when I need to figure out someway to hold the end of a long board or timber and when I avoid doing certain tasks because they would take critical capitol. but I am making forward progress every day.
I have my priorities in order, First thing in the morning (about 5;30) I go on line to check if any jobs were posted over night.. when I'm finished with that I start networking about 9:00 and I check again about 11:00 for any postings..
The after noon I spend working on the house and do my final check of the day about 4:30
So you can see that I am focused on getting a replacement job. But I share a lack of work with thousands of others in the contruction industry around here.
Seems to me....from what I read here....
you're handling it pretty well.
Good luck in whatever course you decide to take.
"What's an Arkansas flush?......It's a small revolver and any five cards."
Really good book - and I'm really bad at implementing it in my life....
Remember Mary Dyer, a Christian Martyr (Thank you, Puritans)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dyer
May your whole life become a response to the truth that you've always been loved, you are loved and you always will be loved" Rob Bell, Nooma, "Bullhorn"
My biggest problem is, I can't see the dairy... for the cheese.
(Think forest and trees.)
Politics: the blind insulting the blind.
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I bought the book but when I started to read it I discovered it was missing about 1/3 the chapters. Did I purchase the swiss version by mistake?
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
You bought the lite version.The swiss version is 'hole-y'...
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Good little book. Read it awhile ago.
As long as no one CUTS the cheese, all is good.
"Preach the Gospel at all times; if necessary, use words." - St. Francis of Assisi
Believe it or not, we used that book at a math summer workshop. Good observations and some good advice.
As the cheese ... I have to say that I am moved.
Jeff ;o)
who moved the cheese????
the 2nd mouse....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!