谁动了我的奶酪（英汉）

“Cheese” – a metaphor for what we want to have in life, whether it is a job, a relationship, money, a big house, freedom, health, recognition, spiritual peace, or even an activity like jogging or golf.

Each of us has our own idea of what Cheese is, and we pursue it because we believe it makes us happy. If we get it, we often become attached to it. And if we lose it, or it’s taken away, it can be traumatic.
ONCE, long ago, there lived 4 little characters who ran through a maze looking for cheese to nourish them & make them happy.
Two were mice named “Sniff” & “Scurry” and two were little people named “Hem” & “Haw”.
Every morning, the mice & the little people dressed in their running gear & headed over to Cheese Station C where they found their own kind of cheese. It was a large store of Cheese that Hem & Haw eventually moved their homes to be closer to it & built a social life around it.
To make themselves feel more at home, Hem & Haw decorated the walls with sayings. One read: "Having Cheese Makes you Happy".
Having Cheese Makes You Happy
One morning, Sniff & Scurry arrived at Cheese Station C & discovered there was no cheese.

They weren’t surprised. Since they had noticed the supply of cheese had been getting smaller every day, they were prepared for the inevitable & knew instinctively what to do. They were quickly off in search of New Cheese.
Later that same day, Hem & Haw arrived. “What! No Cheese? Who moved my Cheese? It’s not fair!”, Hem yelled. They went home that night hungry & discouraged. But before they left, Haw wrote on the wall:
The More Important Your Cheese is To You, The More You Want To Hold Onto It.
The next day Hem & Haw left their homes, & returned to Cheese Station C. But situation hadn’t changed. Haw asked, “Where are Sniff & Scurry? Do you think they know something we don’t?” Hem scoffed, “What would they know? They’re just simple mice. They just respond to what happens. We’re little people. We’re smarter.”

Haw suggested, “Maybe we should stop analyzing the situation so much and just get going & find some New Cheese.
Haw decided to leave Cheese Station C while Hem was more comfortable staying in the cheeseless Station C. Haw announced, “It’s MAZE time!” and wrote:
If You Do Not Change,

You Can Become Extinct
Who Moved My Cheese?

Meanwhile, Sniff & Scurry went farther into the maze until they found Cheese Station N. They found what they had been looking for: a great supply of New Cheese. It was the biggest store of cheese the mice had ever seen.

Haw on the other hand become more anxious & wondered if he really wanted to go out into the Maze. He wrote a saying on the wall ahead of him & stared at it for some time:
What Would You Do
If You Weren’t Afraid?


Haw now realized that the change probably would not have taken him by surprise if he had been watching what was happening all along and if he had anticipated change. He stopped for a rest & wrote on the wall of the Maze:

Smell The Cheese Often
So You Know

When It Is Getting Old.


Haw wondered if Hem had moved on, or if he was still paralyzed by his own fears. Then, Haw remembered the times when he had felt his best in the Maze. It was when he was moving along. He wrote:

Movement In A New Direction Helps You Find
New Cheese.


As Haw started running down the dark corridor, he began to smile. Haw didn’t realize it yet, but he was discovering what nourished his soul. He was letting go & trusting what lay ahead for him, even though he did not know exactly what it was.

To his surprise, Haw started to enjoy himself more & more. He stopped to write again on the wall:
When You Move Beyond Your Fear,

You Feel Free.

Who Moved My Cheese?

To make things even better, 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 all his favorite cheeses-from Cheddar to Brie! He saw himself eating the many cheeses he liked, & he enjoyed what he saw.

The more clearly he saw the image of himself enjoying New Cheese, the more real & believable it became. He wrote:
Imagining Myself
Enjoying New Cheese,

Even Before I Find It,

Leads Me To It.


Haw wondered why he had always thought that a change would lead to something worse. Now he realized that change could lead to something better.

Then he raced through the Maze with greater strength & agility. Until he found bits of New Cheese. He entered the Cheese Station but it was empty. Someone had already been there.
He stopped & wrote on the wall:
The Quicker You
Let Go Of Old Cheese,

The Sooner

you Find New Cheese.


Haw made his way back to Cheese Station C to offer Hem bits of New Cheese but was turned down. Hem wanted his own Cheese back. Haw just shook his head in disappointment but this does not stop him from finding New Cheese. He smiled as he realized:

It Is Safer
To Search In The Maze

Than Remain

In The Cheeseless Situation.


Haw realized again, that what you are afraid of is never as bad as what you imagine. The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.

He realizes it was natural for change to continually occur, whether you expect it or not. Change could surprise you only if you didn’t expect it & weren’t looking for it.
When he realized he had changed his beliefs, he paused to write on the wall:
Old Beliefs
Do Not Lead You To

New Cheese.

Who Moved My Cheese?


Haw now realized that his new beliefs were encouraging him to behave in a new way. He was behaving differently from the way he had when he had kept returning to the same cheeseless station.

It all depends on what you choose to believe. He wrote on the wall:
When You See That You Can Find And Enjoy New Cheese, You Change Course.

Haw just hoped he was heading in the right direction. He thought about the possibility that Hem would read The Handwriting On The Wall & find his way.

He wrote on the wall what he had been thinking about for some time:
Noticing Small Changes Early Helps You Adapt To The Bigger Changes That Are To Come.


He continued on through the Maze with greater strength & speed. He proceeded along a corridor that was new to him, rounded a corner, & found New Cheese at Cheese Station N where he saw the greatest supply of Cheese he had ever seen.Sniff & Scurry welcomed him.

“Hooray for Change!”
Haw wrote down a summary of what he had learned on the largest wall of Cheese Station N & smiled as he looked at what he had learned:
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
Change Happens
Anticipate Change
Monitor Change
Adapt To Change Quickly
Change
Enjoy Change !
Be Ready To Change Quickly & Enjoy It Again.


Move With The Cheese &
Enjoy It !

谁动了我的奶酪？

作者： 斯宾塞·约翰逊

序言：再完美的计划也时常遭遇不测

生活并不是笔直通畅的走廊，

让我们轻松自在地在其中旅行，

生活是一座迷宫，

我们必须从中找到自己的出路，

我们时常会陷入迷茫，

在死胡同中搜寻。

但如果我们始终深信不疑，

有扇门就会向我们打开，

它也许不是我们曾经想到的那一扇门，

但我们最终将会发现，

它是一扇有益之门。

我们多面的人性

故事中虚构的四个角色：老鼠嗅嗅和匆匆，小矮人哼哼和唧唧，用来代表我们的不同方面，即我们简单的一面和复杂的一面。 我们每个人都具有这些不同的方面，不论我们的年龄、性别、种族和国籍如何。

有时我们的行为象：嗅嗅，他能够及早嗅出变化的气息；或者像：匆匆，他能够迅速行动；或者像：哼哼，他因为害怕改变而否认和拒绝变化，这会使事情变得更糟，或者像：唧唧，当他看到变化会使事情变得更好时，能够及时地调整自己去适应变化!

不管我们选择哪一面，我们都有共同的方面，那就是：

需要在迷宫中找到我们自己的道路，帮助我们在变化的时代获得成功。

故事背后的故事 肯尼思·布兰查德博士

几年前，斯宾塞·约翰逊和我一起合著《一分钟经理人》的时候，给我讲了一个精彩的故事----“奶酪的故事”。自从我听到这个寓意深长的故事以后，我就一直盼望着他能把这个故事写成书，使我们大家都能读到它，一起分享书中的带给我们的快乐和教益，因为从那时起，我就一直在回味这个绝妙的故事，惊叹于它带给我的启迪。

现在，我怀着激动的心情向大家介绍这本《谁动了我的奶酪》，并给各位讲述有关这个故事背后的故事。

《谁动了我的奶酪》讲的是一个关于“变化”的故事。故事发生在一个迷宫中，有四个可爱的小生灵在迷宫中寻找他们的奶酪。故事里的“奶酪”是对我们在现实生活中所追求目标的一种比喻，它可以是一份工作，一种人际关系，可以是金钱，一幢豪宅，还可以是自由、健康、社会的认可和老板的赏识。它只是一种精神上的宁静，甚至还可以只是一项运动，如马术、高尔夫球等等。 我们每个人的内心都有自己想要的“奶酪”，我们追寻它，想要得到它，因为我们相信，它会带给我们幸福和快乐。而一旦我们得到了自己梦寐以求的奶酪，又常常会对它产生依赖心理，甚至成为的附庸；这时如果我们忽然失去了它，或者它被人拿走了，我们将会因此而受到极大的伤害。

故事里的“迷宫”代表着你花时间寻求着的东西所在的地方，它可以是你效力的机构，你生活的社区，亦或是你生活中的某种人际关系。 我到世界各地演讲时就时常讲到这个各位即将在本书中读到的“奶酪的故事”，并且我常常听到人们在听完这个故事以后所发出的由衷的感叹，感叹这个故事带给他们的影响与改变。

信不信由你，这个小小的“奶酪的故事”已经获得了普遍的赞誉，它帮助了许许多多的人，因为它挽救了他们的事业、婚姻以及他们的生活!

这里我经大家讲一个真实的故事，主人翁就是深孚众望的NBC电视节目主持人查理·琼斯。他就是因为这个“奶酪的故事”，而使自己的事业生涯获得了转机。虽然电视节目主持人的职业很特殊，但是查理从故事中所学到的道理都适合于任何一种职业特性，并且人人都可以学习和掌握。 以下就是发生在查理·琼斯身上的故事。

查理早期所从的主要工作，是报道奥运会的田径项目，他在这项工作上很努力而且一直都干得非常出色。但是，突然有一天老板告诉他，下一届奥运会将派他去报道游泳和跳水项目。听到这个消息，查理既吃惊又难过。

因为他对游泳和跳水这两个项目完全不熟悉，这样的安排使他有一种挫折感，觉得自己不被重用和赏识。他说当时他感到这样的安排对他来说太不公平了，他为此而愤愤不平。并且这种愤怒的情绪几乎影响到了他所做的每一件事情，他的生活开始变得一团糟。 就在这时，他听到了这个故事----“谁动了我的奶酪”。

听完故事后，他觉得自己以前的态度和行为十分可笑并迅速采取行动，进行调整。从此，他的工作和行为大大地改善了。因为他已经明白，老板只是拿走了他的奶酪而已，而他所应该做的就是调整自己，适应变化。于是他很快调整好自己的状态，以便适应新的工作，并开始下功夫去熟悉、了解游泳和跳水项目。在开展新工作的过程中，他惊奇地发现，做新的事情竟然使他感觉又焕发了青春。

不久，老板发现查理改变了工作态度，并且重新焕发出了新的活力，于是，给他分派了更多的新的有挑战的工作。从此查理走上了不断成功的道路，并从中享受到了前所未有的喜悦。后来，他被推选为“职业足球名人堂”最佳播音员之一。

我听到很多人表示，这个故事对他们的职业生涯和情感生活产生了巨大的冲击和震憾，而查理·琼斯的故事只是真实生活中这许许多多例子中的一个。

我是如此地相信“谁动了我的奶酪”这个故事所具有的影响力和震撼力，以致于我把这个故事成书之前的一个版本，送给每一位同我们公司有合作的人(大约二百多人)。我为什么这样做呢？ 因为，一个公司的经营，不能只停留在求生存的阶段，而必须始终保持一种竞争的状态。我们布兰查德培训公司就是在不断地改变着，有人不断地拿走我们的“奶酪”。过去，传统的公司喜欢忠诚刻板的员工；而今天，我们更需要的是迅捷灵活的人而不是那种习惯于“按部就班”工作的雇员。

我们都知道，工作与生活就像不断翻滚的浪花，各种变化都在时时发生。生活在其中，的确使人感到紧张不安，除非有一种办法能使我们关注到这些变化，并且能够从中得到启迪。有一条找到这种办法的途径，那就是走进“奶酪的故事”。

当人们听我讲起这个故事后，就纷纷开始去读《谁动了我的奶酪》。而在阅读过程中，几乎每个人都感觉到这个故事让人有一种释放压力并开始放松的神奇作用。各个部门的人一个又一个地跑来感谢我向他们介绍了这本书，并且告诉我这本书对他们的帮助是多么巨大，使得他们能够从不同的角度看待公司正面临的种种变化。 请相信我，这则简短的寓言只需花费你不多的时间，但它带给你的影响将是深远的。