Quotes from Spencer Johnson

No es lo que no sabes lo que te mete en problemas. Es lo que sabes con certeza pero que no es verdad.»

The bars on his windows were his old thoughts, thoughts he trusted were true, but which actually prevented him from venturing out into the Maze. His beliefs were holding him prisoner!

In the past, Hem did not like it when someone challenged his beliefs. He resisted changing his mind, and felt offended when anyone suggested that what he was thinking or saying might not be true.

Look At How You Feel About What Happened In The Past. Learn Something Valuable From It. Use What You Have Learned To Make Your Work And Life More Enjoyable Today.

and Scurry, and wondered if they had found any cheese yet. He believed they might be having a hard time, as running through the Maze usually involved some uncertainty. But he also knew that it was likely to only last for a while. Sometimes, Haw would imagine Sniff and Scurry finding New Cheese and enjoying it. He thought about how

If You Do Not Change, You Can Become Extinct.

Movement In A New Direction Helps You Find New Cheese.

Imagining Yourself Enjoying Your New Cheese Leads You To It.

Now he realized it was natural for change to continually occur, whether you expect it or not. Change could surprise you only if you didn't expect it and weren't looking for it.

Noticing Small Changes Early Helps You Adapt To The Bigger Changes That Are To Come.

El temor que se acumula en la mente es mucho peor que la situación que existe en realidad.

some time until they finally went into an area of the Maze where they had never been before: Cheese Station

you do not learn in a Valley, you can become bitter. If you truly learn something valuable, you can become better. But if that was true, what was it that he needed

In one job, his boss always seemed to criticize him for what he did wrong and never noticed all the things he did right.

the biggest inhibitor to change lies within yourself, and that nothing gets better until you. change.

You Cannot Always Control External Events, But You Can Control Your Personal Peaks And Valleys By What You Believe And What You Do.

Your ego can make you arrogant on the Peak, and fearful in the Valley. It keeps you from seeing what is real. Your ego distorts the truth.

I enjoyed the feeling that comes with becoming a better person.

The Most Common Reason You Leave A Peak Too Soon Is Arrogance, Masquerading As Confidence. The Most Common Reason You Stay In A Valley Too Long Is Fear, Masquerading As Comfort.

Haw realized again, as he had once before, that what you are afraid of is never as bad as what you imagine. The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.

It Is Safer To Search In The Maze, Than Remain In A Cheeseless Situation.

I realized my job was to paint a picture of 'New Cheese' that we would all want to pursue, so we could enjoy changing and succeeding, whether it was at work or in life.

mayor inhibidor del cambio se encuentra dentro de uno mismo, y que nada puede mejorar mientras no cambie uno mismo.

Frica pe care o laÈ™i s? te conduc? este mai rea decât situaÈ›ia rea în care te g?seÈ™ti.