Who Moved My Cheese?

In the maze at the center of Spencer Johnson's business fable, two mice named Sniff and Scurry and two mouse-sized littlepeople named Hem and Haw search for cheese. Their story works as a parable about change: cheese stands for whatever people want from life, such as a good job, a loving relationship or health, and the maze for where they look, such as a workplace or a community. When the cheese they rely on runs out, each character reacts differently. Former classmates at a reunion frame the tale by discussing changes in their own lives. Released in 1998, it spent nearly five years on the New York Times business bestseller list and had sold almost 30 million copies by 2018.

Daymond John recommended it in Tools of Titans. Web developer and teacher Nick Janetakis called it short but full of insights about adapting to change.