Who Moved My Cheese
by Johnson, Spencer · 31 highlights
You did not need to overcomplicate matters or confuse yourself with fearful beliefs.
you do not adapt in time, you might as well not adapt at all.
the biggest inhibitor to change lies within yourself, and that nothing gets better until you change.
there is always New Cheese out there whether you recognize it at the time, or not. And that you are rewarded with it when you go past your fear and enjoy the adventure.
it was safer to be aware of his real choices than to isolate himself in his comfort zone.
daily problems as they came up when what I should have been doing was looking ahead and paying attention to where we were going.
I thought my job was just to manage the daily problems as they came up when what I should have been doing was looking ahead and paying attention to where we were going.
Michael replied, “You know, I thought my job was just to manage the daily problems as they came up when what I should have been doing was looking ahead and paying attention to where we were going. “And boy did I manage those problems—twenty-four hours a day. I wasn’t a lot of fun to be around. I was in a rat race, and I couldn’t get out.” Laura said, “So you were managing when you needed to be leading.”
The New Cheese is a new relationship with the same person.”
I like the idea of letting go of old behavior instead of letting go of the relationship.
I like the idea of letting go of old behavior instead of letting go of the relationship. Repeating the same behavior will just get you the same results.