One of my favorite books of all time is Who Moved My Cheese?
If you haven’t read it—read it. Today.
The story starts with three mice who wake up every morning to a feast of cheese in a maze. They don’t know how the cheese gets there, but it’s always there. Like clockwork.
Life is good. Until one day…
The cheese is gone.
At first, no problem—there’s some left over. But eventually, that runs out too.
One mouse says, “Let’s go. If we stay here, we’ll die.”
The other two say, “If we leave, we might die.”
So Mouse #1 ventures into the maze alone. Scared, uncertain, no guarantees.
But guess what?
He finds new cheese. Fresh cheese. More cheese. 🍽️
He returns to tell the others. But it’s too late.
They’re gone.
This weird little fable punches you in the gut because it’s not really about mice.
It’s about us.
And the choices we make every damn day:
Stay in a job you hate because it’s “secure”
Stay in a relationship that drains you because it’s “comfortable”
Stay small, stay quiet, stay stuck… because moving is scary
But here’s the part no one talks about:
If you try something new and fail—you often just end up right back where you started. Which is exactly where you’d be if you did nothing.
So what’s really the bigger risk?
If the worst that can happen is staying where you are…
Then inaction is actually the most dangerous choice.
Don’t be the mouse who dies waiting for old cheese.
Go find new cheese.
Robert Lyon
CEO & Founder, The Lion’s Den
Go. Fight. Win. 🮁
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