This self-help book is a change management handbook that contains fiction, non-fiction, and a mixture of both of them.
This writing style reminds me of 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell, 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter, 'A Speech to the Academy' by Franz Kafka, and other old fables and parables from ancient times.
This book analyzes human mental conditions such as depression, ego, and overthinking and how to overcome such situations.
The best thing about this is its simple approach with over just 95 pages the writer covers many aspects of change management in business management and many aspects of human mental conditions.
I as a business management graduate this book reminded me of 'Kurt Lewin's Change Management theory'.
The story depicted in the book uses four characters to show four types of people who face change and their responses which is very insightful and inspiring.
As a person and a student who failed my tertiary education related to law, who stopped two MBA's and also didn't do well career-wise this book's content reminds me of "Hem", who everyone should avoid being. But I'm trying to change and this book helped me to recognize myself as a person in many roles in society.
"Just when he thought he was getting ahead, he would get lost in the corridors. It seemed his progress was two steps forward and one step backward. It was a challenge, but he had to admit that being back in the maze, hunting for cheese, wasn't nearly as bad as he feared it might be."
- Pg. 50 -
This book is a global phenomenon. By tackling famous socialist concepts in the above quote the book provides a guiding light to the post-socialist world.