3. The simple story of Who Moved My Cheese? reveals the profound truths about change that give people and organizations a quick and easy way to succeed in changing times. Most people are fearful of change because they don’t believe they have any control over how or when it happens to them.

4. With the emergence of knowledge-based economy , most work environments are finally recognizing the urgent need to get their computers and other business systems up to speed and able to deal with unprecedented change . What businesses are only just beginning to realize is that this is not enough: We need to help people get ready, too.

5. In the story, four characters – who represent parts of ourselves – live in a “Maze” and look for "Cheese" to nourish them and make them happy. Two are mice named "Sniff" and "Scurry." And two are little people, named “Hem” and “Haw,” who are the size of mice but look and act like a lot like some people. "Cheese" is a metaphor for whatever you want to have in life – job, relationship, health, peace of mind. And the "Maze" is where you look for it.