Lessons from Spencer Johnson:
•Your cheese (food) will always be moved
•Simple folk (the mice) simply follow it
•Sophisticated folk tend to stay behind and ...
–either complain for a while before they follow it
–or complain, stay behind, and then starve
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–Loosely speaking: The cheese will be moved by Prot. Njut is like Haw who soon cheerfully follows. And Eleko is a lot like Hem who complains and suffers.
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Here are the lessons from the book: (1) Your cheese, by some name, will always be moved. (2) Simple folk, like the mice, tend to evaluate a situation and then do what needs to be done. And (3) sophisticated folk tend to either stay behind for a while before they follow, or complain, stay behind, and then starve. Loosely translated into E:P:N speak: Prot and his friends are the ones moving it. Njut, like Haw, is the one who soon cheerfully follows while leaving writings on the wall for his stubborn friend. And Eleko, like Hem, does not want to move, therefore tends to suffer a bitter end.