conversations.from: human
conversations.value: a description for a book titled I Moved Your Cheese about with the genre: Humor & Entertainment, Humor
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: The problem with most self-help titles is that they expect you to do all the work. Not this self-help book. This book is for people who want to take no steps at all. This is the humorous self-help book for people lying on the sofa.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: the first five paragraphs for this book
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: I Moved Your Cheese
  The insight was profound. More importantly, it did not rely too much on one's ability to reason. And any mouse will tell you that this attribute is the hallmark of all great truths. So it was accepted as perhaps the greatest, and certainly the most important, truth. And it was all so simple.
  Now, just because every mouse had come to understand this insight does not mean that every one of them was able to adopt it in practice. Some succeeded fully. They learned that change is inevitable and uncontrollable. They accepted that they were helpless to control the workings of the maze—fate, they called it—and they pledged to adapt.
  Many others succeeded to a lesser degree. They still had moments of fear, immobility, depression, and despair. But such moments were less frequent than in the past. These mice improved their lot in the maze considerably.
  Overall, life in the maze was now quite different. In the past, when cheese moved from one location to another, all the mice were in despair. They could not understand what happened. They cursed their luck. They sat and waited in the cheese corner of the past and prayed for its return. They got agitated and lost their temper. They got angry and made an already difficult life even worse.
  Those who struggled with the philosophy, who found it difficult to break old habits, were slower to move. But they, too, understood that they had to change with changing times. They, too, eventually went to look for more cheese.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: three more paragraphs. Start with the sentence 'Unlike others, Big never even went in search of food'.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Unlike others, Big never even went in search of food. He never had to do so. If he went to eat and found that the cheese had been moved, he wasn't bothered. His daily workout involved enough running through the maze that he invariably ran into new piles of cheese every few hours. On the rare occasion that he did not find any cheese, he would simply not eat. His friends would ask him, "Why don't you go look for cheese today?"
  Big was content. He had discovered what made him happy. And he did exactly that. He did not care if others understood. It did not matter that others would find no happiness in his pursuit. This was for him. For other mice, it would be different. And that, to Big, was entirely OK.
  Big did not notice that he was in a maze. It was irrelevant to him. It imposed no restrictions on him. He had many friends and plenty of time to spend with them. More importantly, his environment provided him with ample opportunity to pursue his passion—to find peace and happiness. So he did not bother to consider the maze.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: the last four paragraphs
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Deepak's professional activities include training, consulting, and advisory work for firms across the globe in dozens of industries. He is also a frequently invited speaker to executive groups such as the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO).
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conversations.value: Add another sentence about Opening, Space, "Opening.
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conversations.value: Deepak's professional activities include training, consulting, and advisory work for firms across the globe in dozens of industries. He is also a frequently invited speaker to executive groups such as the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO). 
  We believe that to truly create a better world, action is needed at all levels—individual, organizational, and societal. At the individual level, our publications help people align their lives with their values and with their aspirations for a better world. At the organizational level, our publications promote progressive leadership and management practices, socially responsible approaches to business, and humane and effective organizations. At the societal level, our publications advance social and economic justice, shared prosperity, sustainability, and new solutions to national and global issues. 
  A major theme of our publications is "Opening Up New Space. " Berrett-Koehler titles challenge conventional thinking, introduce new ideas, and foster positive change. Their common quest is changing the underlying beliefs, mindsets, institutions, and structures that keep generating the same cycles of problems, no matter who our leaders are or what improvement programs we adopt. 
  Be the first to hear about new publications, special discount offers, exclusive articles, news about bestsellers, and more! Get on the list for our free e-newsletter by going to www. bkconnection. com.