Spencer Johnson

Written for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime.Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that reveals profound truths. It is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy.Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life – whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession, health or spiritual peace of mind.And the maze is where you look for what you want – the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in.This profound book from bestselling author, Dr Spencer Johnson, will how you how to: • Anticipate change• Adapt to change quickly• Enjoy change• Be ready to change quickly, again and again Discover the secret for yourself and learn how to deal with change, so that you suffer less stress and enjoy more success in your work and in life.

For over two decades, Spencer Johnson has been inspiring readers with his simple yet profound stories of the challenges we face in these times of unprecedented change. The Present is an engaging story of a young man’s journey to adulthood, and his tireless search for The Present, a mysterious and elusive gift he first hears about from a wise old man. This Present, according to the old man, is the most valuable gift a person can receive. Why? Because it is the one thing that doesn’t change in changing times. As the young boy becomes a man, he grows disillusioned with his work and his life. So he returns to ask the old man to help him find The Present. The old man responds, “Only you have the power to find The Present for yourself.” Heeding the old man’s advice, the young man embarks on a worldwide search for this magical gift that remains unchanging in a changing world, and holds the secret to personal happiness and lifelong success. It is only after the young man has searched high and low and all but given up his relentless pursuit that he discovers The Present—and all of the promises it offers. Like the young man, you may find that it is the best gift you can ever give to yourself — and to those you care about.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese?, a brilliant new parable that shows readers how to stay calm and successful, even in the most challenging of environments.A young man lives unhappily in a valley. One day he meets an old man who lives on a mountain peak. At first the young man doesn’t realize that he is talking to one of the most peaceful and successful people in the world. But in the course of further encounters and conversations, the young man comes to understand that he can apply the old man’s remarkable principles and practical tools to his own life to change it for the better. Spencer Johnson knows how to tell a deceptively simple story that teaches deep lessons. The One Minute Manager (co-written with Ken Blanchard) sold 15 million copies and stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for more than twenty years. Since it was published a decade ago, Who Moved My Cheese? has sold more than 25 million copies. In fact there are more than 46 million copies of Spencer Johnson’s books in print, in forty-seven languages—and with today’s economic uncertainty, his new book could not be more relevant. Pithy, wise, and empowering, Peaks and Valleys is clearly destined to becomeanother Spencer Johnson classic.

The posthumous sequel to Who Moved My Cheese?, the classic parable that became a worldwide sensation.Who Moved My Cheese? offered millions of readers relief for an evergreen problem: unanticipated and unwelcome change. Now its long-awaited sequel digs deeper, to show how readers can adapt their beliefs and achieve better results in any field.Johnson's theme is that all of our accomplishments are due to our beliefs: whether we're confident or insecure, cynical or positive, open-minded or inflexible. But it's difficult to change your beliefs--and with them, your outcomes. Find out how Hem, Haw, and the other characters from Who Moved My Cheese? deal with this challenge.

Teenagers' lives are full of change and this simple book will help them cope with the unique problems that face them every day, such as doing well at school, making career decisions, dealing with parents, relationships and dating, feeling good about themselves and being positive about the future.A group of teenagers are worried about changes in their lives. To help them out, Chris tells the story of Who Moved My Cheese. Four characters, Hem, Haw, Sniff and Scurry, search through a maze for cheese, to nourish them and make them happy, but soon the cheese runs out. Sniff and Scurry go off in search for more, but Hem and Haw stay to work out what went wrong and wait for more cheese. Eventually, Haw realises that no new cheese is coming, so he sets out into the maze and eventually finds new cheese. The group then discusses the story, finding ways to apply it to their own lives.Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens is an essential book for teenagers – an entertaining parable that reveals profound truths and insights that will last a lifetime.

In this newly released edition of one of his classic books, The One Minute Sales Person, Spencer Johnson, the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Who Moved My Cheese?, shows you how to sell your ideas, products, or services successfully! This is the book that has proved to be a must-have for the millions of people who were looking for the quickest way to improve their selling skills.In these changing times, Spencer Johnson, coauthor of The One Minute Manager®, shows you how the phenomenal One Minute® methods can bring real and lasting sales success with the least amount of time and effort. You will learn how to enjoy your job and your life more as you discover the effective secrets of "self-management," the integrity of "selling on purpose," and the liberating "wonderful paradox" of helping others get what they want so you can get what you need.The One Minute Sales Person is a clear, easy and invaluable guide that works for both you and the people you sell to, for your financial prosperity and personal well-being.In short, it is a classic Spencer Johnson bestseller that can help you enjoy more success with less stress.

"Yes" or "No," from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Spencer Johnson, presents a brilliant and practical system anyone can use to make better decisions, soon and often -- both at work and in personal life. The "Yes" or "No" System lets us:focus on real needs, versus mere wantscreate better optionssee the likely consequences of choicesand identify and then use our own integrity, intuition, and insight to gain peace of mind, self-confidence, and freedom from fear

Retells the story of Louis Pasteur, whose unwavering belief in the concept of germs led to a cure for rabies.

Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese? is a bestselling book that has helped millions of people around the world adapt and succeed in changing times. Now Dr. Johnson has adapted his story for the picture book audience so that, starting from the earliest age, children can view change as a positive thing that can lead to new opportunity. Young readers will enjoy following the story of the four little characters, Sniff, Scurry, Hem and Haw, who make their way through a maze looking for the "Magical Cheese" that makes them happy. And once they find the Cheese, it seems like it will last forever-until one morning when everything changes. Who moved their Cheese? Will it come back? Or will they have to look for different Cheese, venturing onto strange paths, around corners they've never explored? As children follow these friends through the maze of change, they can try to figure out which character they're most like-or which they most admire-and what their own Magical Cheese might be.

This invaluable book shows how teachers, despite the many difficulties they face in today's school systems, can make an important contribution to their students' lives and educations. Johnson and Johnson describe how the use of Goal Setting, Praising, and Recovery reinforces self-esteem and creates a new kind of learning process that will become life long. The One Minute Teacher reveals simple, positive ways to: Practical, wise, and useful in dozens of everyday situations, The One Minute Teacher is essential reading for anyone who teaches and anyone who learns. More than eleven million copies of Dr. Johnson's books are in use in twenty-four languages.

This story begins where most mothers are and takes them to where they want to be. Bestselling author Spencer Johnson shares his world-renowned ′One Minute′ secrets - three simple and easy-to-understand techniques that take little but yield great results. When you use what you learn in the story you will How to become an effective disciplinarian. How to reach your own potential while helping your children to reach theirs. How to help your children′s self-esteem by developing their sense of responsibility. How to enjoy one another more as a family. With this book, written by a pioneer in helping people to gain better health through better communications, a mother can care for her children with confidence and ease, enriching and strengthening the mother-child bond each day.

BESTSELLER INTERNATIONAL – PESTE 28 DE MILIOANE DE EXEMPLARE VANDUTE O parabola extrem de amuzanta despre cum sa faci fata schimbarii. Schimbarea nu apare atunci cand esti pregatit pentru ea, dar chiar si asa, ea poate fi ceva pozitiv. Spencer Johnson explica modurile in care putem anticipa schimbarea, cum ne putem desprinde de trecut si cum putem ajunge sa facem tot ce am putea face daca nu ne-ar fi teama de schimbare. Din cand in cand, apare cate o carte ce pare sa deschida usa spre viitor. Aceasta carte a avut un asemenea efect asupra mea. - David A. Heenan, Membru in consiliul director, Peter F. Drucker Management Center Cartea de fata e pentru noi ca o harta rutiera accesibila si clara, cu care ne orientam ca sa depasim propriile circumstante din jurul schimbarilor. - Michael Morley, Vicepresedinte senior, Eastman Kodak

The One Minute Father is the seminal One Minute book. A man who sees that he has been a better provider than parent learns by trial and error how to be more nurturing. He first learns a more effective way to discipline -- applying One Minute Reprimands. Then his children help him discover two even more important parenting methods -- One Minute Praisings and One Minute Goals. Using these practical methods, a father develops more confidence in himself as a parent, as he and his children enjoy a happier family life. The One Minute Father begins where most fathers are and takes them to where they want to be.

SINOPSISRevelando la sabiduría empresarial a través de una parábola moderna, Who Moved My Cheese (1998) ofrece valiosas lecciones sobre cómo administrar mejor el cambio en su vida. Ya sea que esté luchando en medio de una recesión comercial o tratando de encontrar una manera elegante de manejar una relación que está teniendo dificultades, este libro le brinda las herramientas para comprender mejor la naturaleza humana y ver el cambio como una fuerza positiva. PARA QUIÉN ES ESTE RESUMEN Emprendedores que buscan una mejor manera de gestionar el cambio en el trabajo. Personas que luchan con las relaciones personales. Empleados que se ocupan de despidos u otros cambios corporativos. SOBRE EL AUTOREl Dr. Spencer Johnson es médico y psicólogo estadounidense. Su trabajo Who Moved My Cheese , estuvo en la lista de libros más vendidos del New York Times durante casi cinco años. ÍNDICE Qué hay para mi en este resumen? No tengas miedo del cambio; ¡Disfruta de las aventuras de la vida! Las buenas situaciones nunca duran para siempre, así que prepárese! Visualizar las metas ayuda a superar el miedo que impide lidiar con el cambio. Atrévete a moverte en una nueva dirección y las cosas mejorarán. ¡Usa las lecciones que has aprendido de esta parábola "cursi" para alcanzar tus propios objetivos! Resumen final

A biography, stressing the courage, of the first black player in professional baseball.

Describes the patient efforts of the Wright Brothers to build a flying machine.

Discusses the work of the English woman whose pioneering efforts in improving the lot of prisoners were based on the premise that prisoners' behavior would improve if they were treated more kindly.

A brief biography of the outstanding 18th-century printer, inventor, and statesman, emphasizing the value of saving in his life.

A biography, stressing the understanding and tolerance, of an anthropologist who did extensive studies of primitive cultures.

Demonstrates the value of curiosity in the life of Christopher Columbus.

A biography of the nineteenth-century English novelist, Charles Dickens, emphasizing the value of an imaginative mind.

The life and teachings of the Chinese philosopher are presented as a paradigm of intergrity and dedication for young readers following his successes and failures

One in a series of works which demonstrate the importance of various values. In this work a biography of Will Rogers illustrates the value of humor.

Concentrates on the fantasies that dominated Andersen's life as an imaginative child and as an adult, showing that fantasy enriches one's life and can shape one's future

The Mayo brothers both become physicians and establish a clinic in which they can share their knowledge, skills, and money with other doctors to best serve the needs of the sick

Presents a biography of Albert Schweitzer who based his philosophy on what he called "reverence for life" and dedicated his life to serving humanity.

WHO MOVED MY CHEESE?10th Anniversary EditionWho Moved My Cheese? is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a "Maze" and look for "Cheese." "Cheese" is a metaphor for what you want to have in life -- whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money, a possession, health, or spiritual peace of mind. And the "Maze" is where you look for what you want -- the organization you work in, or the family or community you live in. When you come to see "The Handwriting on the Wall," you can discover for yourself how to deal with change, so that you can enjoy less stress and more success.The 10th anniversary audio edition of Who Moved My Cheese? includes exclusive bonus material in which Spencer Johnson offers fresh insights on its origins, impact and applications that will help you put its powerful wisdom to work.PEAKS AND VALLEYSIncludes a bonus interview with the author!Peaks and Valleys is a story of a young man who lives unhappily in a valley until he meets an old man who lives on a peak, and it changes his work and life forever. Initially, the young man does not realize he is talking with one of the most peaceful and successful people in the world. However, through a series of conversations and experiences that occur up on peaks and down in valleys, the young man comes to understand how he can use the old man's remarkable principles and practical tools in good and bad times and becomes more calm and successful himself.Now you can take a similar journey. In the story of Peaks and Valleys, and in the bonus audio interview with Spencer Johnson, sharing exclusive insights on how to put these principles to work -- you will discover how you Get out of a valley sooner; stay on a peak longer; and have more peaks and fewer valleys.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Spencer Johnson comes a wonderful new kind of children’s story, the Imaginography, imaginative biographies—stories of real people and real events—told in a fun new way that children find irresistible.In these Imaginographies, youngsters get to imagine how famous people from history might have listened to themselves—to their True Voice, that voice inside each of us that gives us our best thoughts. And by example, children are encouraged to listen to their own True Voice and act on it.Based on the original stories, which sold more than 10 million hardcover copies, these new ValueTales® have been reimagined and reillustrated to appeal to a new generation of children. Whether you’re an adult who grew up with the original ValueTales® or you’re discovering them for the first time, you’ll enjoy sharing these universal values and helping children grow into good people—one story at a time.Included THE VALUE OF BELIEVING IN YOURSELF Louis PasteurTHE VALUE OF HELPING Harriet TubmanTHE VALUE OF HONESTY ConfuciusTHE VALUE OF DETERMINATION Helen KellerTHE VALUE OF HUMOR Will Rogers

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