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Who Moved My Cheese
This is a fable about 4 characters – Sniff, Scurry, Hem & Haw.
They live in a very dark, complex maze.
Yes, a maze.
All 4 of them were searching for their own cheese.
The cheese was the only source of nourishment in the maze.
They worked really hard in finding the cheese…
…until 1 day they actually found it in Cheese station C.
This station had their favorite cheese!
It seemed like an unlimited supply of cheese in this station.
They struck gold!
Their eyes lit up – and they gobbled the cheese.
They decided to come to walk to station C every morning and feast on the cheese.
This went on for a really long time.
A routine was established by now.
They were now confident that there will always be some cheese whenever they come to the station.
One morning something strange happened…
Station C ran out of cheese!
They no longer had any supply of it.
Hem & Haw were not able to accept it.
How can somebody move their cheese?
Who took all the cheese away?
They deserve their cheese after all.
Both of them were winning and complaining.
But Sniff & Scurry anticipated this change.
They saw the cheese reserve reducing every day as they feasted…
They moved on and went in search of new cheese.
Shortly after their search, they discovered cheese station N
which had the biggest cheese supply they have ever seen.
They wished Haw & Hem left station C and came here as well…
…but it’s too far now.
In the meantime…
Haw suggested to Hem they go in search of new cheese as well.
Hem disagreed.
They stayed there – hoping that someone will restore justice and give them their cheese back.
After living in denial for a long time, Haw decides to go look for new cheese.
While Hem still stays in Station C.
Over the next several days, Haw finds some cheese here and there but nothing lasts for long.
Hem finds one empty cheese station after another…
Filled with disappointment…
He felt he would never get the same amount of cheese he got in Station C.
Despite the fear Hem kept searching – he had no other option to survive.
Finally one day…
He found the cheese station N.
An abundant amount of cheese was overflowing, a lot more than station C PLUS new varieties as well.
He also met his old friends Sniff & Scurry there.
Hem feasted on the cheese and moved towards the big wall on station N…
And he wrote these on the walls:
- Change Happens. They Keep Moving The Cheese
- Anticipate Change. Get Ready For The Cheese To Move
- Monitor Change. 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 To Change Quickly And Enjoy It Again. They Keep Moving The Cheese.
Most people are living in denial of something…
It can be a relationship that changed.
A job that changed.
A market that changed.
Or an Industry that changed.
Stop searching for justice and start looking for new cheese.
The sooner you change, the sooner you get to taste the new cheese…
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The Richest Man in Babylon
The ancient city of Babylon was the wealthiest city that has ever been on earth.
In that city was a wise man named Arkad – who was the wealthiest of all.
He scribed 7 cures of a lean purse.
If any citizen does nothing but follows these 7 steps their purse will start fattening.
The prescription Arkad gave for a thin purse applies even today.
Anybody who applies these 7 steps can get themselves a fat purse almost guaranteed.
Here are the 7 cures by Arkad:
- Start the purse to fattening – Set aside at least 10% of your income every single month. Learn to live with just 90% of your income.
- Control thy expenditures – Budget wisely, spend less & only buy necessities.
- Make the gold multiply like the richest man in Babylon – Invest your savings in places where it makes your wealth grow & compound.
- Guard the treasures from loss – Don’t fall for any “get-rich-quick” schemes. Invest your money wisely in places you for sure will give you good returns.
- Make the dwelling a profitable investment – Buying is better than renting, Arkad suggests you need to own your own home to increase your wealth creation process.
- Insure a Future Income – You won’t be young & working forever. Arkad recommends planning your retirement in advance. You should be contributing to a retirement fund in place.
- Increase The Ability to Learn – The more skills & wisdom you have, the more you can learn. Simple. So make sure you constantly develop your skills to make more money.
So those are the 7 steps suggested by The Richest Man in Babylon to fatten your purse.
Use it wisely.
Book Name: The Richest Man in Babylon
Author Name: George S. Clason
Who is This Book For: For those who are keen on getting their finances in place.
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The Man’s Search For Meaning
Man’s Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
Imagine you are a prisoner in a concentration camp…
You only get 1 meal a day & that too is a watery soup + 1 slice of bread.
They force you to work on construction sites all day as a slave.
Your body becomes very weak & tired…
You see people around you getting sick, fainting & even dying.
The place you live smells like a human waste all the time…
Your chances of surviving this are almost 0.
Your only way out of this misery is death.
That was the life of Viktor Frankl for 3 long years…
Victor was a well-off psychologist before he ended up in the concentration camp.
The Nazis captured him at the camp because he was a jew.
It was during his captive in the camp, he realized something that liberated him.
It was man’s last freedom.
All have this inside us – and nobody can take it this way.
Once you realize this then even your biggest worries, problems & trauma will start to melt like ice on a hot pan…
What exactly is man’s last freedom?
It is this: Every time there is a stimulus from the external environment –
you have the power to choose your response.
All you need to do is to be aware of it.
An external stimulus can be stubbing your toe.
It can be a negative comment on your social media.
It can even be starvation & slavery like it was for Victor Frankl.
You can get sad, pissed, or angry thinking this is the natural response to the situation.
Or – you can be aware of your power to choose the response and respond in a way that would serve you the best.
Stubbed your toe? Put on an ice pack and carry on with your work once the pain subsides.
A negative comment on social media? Ignore and carry on with your life.
Once you become aware of this power you are not controlled by external stimuli anymore.
You become unstoppable.
In a nutshell here is the summary: Between stimulus and response lies a space. In that space lie our freedom and power to choose a response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.
If this mental model helped Victor survive the concentration camp & create an entire industry called “Logotherapy” –
then it can help you achieve anything you need.