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There are four
characters in a maze.
Sniff smells change early. Scurry is quick to act.
The four characters are:
Sniff and Scurry, two
mice that represent the
simple parts of our
personality.
Hem and Haw, two little
people that represent
the complex and
“human” parts of our Haw resists at first
Hem resist change but then learns to
personality.
as he feels it will adapt as he
bring something discovers that
worse. change can lead to
something better.
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The Maze represents your
community, your organisation, the
relationship you are in.
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The mice check the cheese every
day to see if there have been any
changes and keep their running
shoes around their neck in case
they have to move again.
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One day they wake up to find that
the cheese is gone.
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Hem insists on staying where they
are, saying that ‘life is unfair’ and
they should be compensated for
this loss of cheese. He is never
able to abandon the place where
his favourite cheese was and stays
where he is, even if it means
becoming extinct.
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At first Haw is frightened of going
back into the maze again, looking
for new cheese.
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Eventually, and after almost giving
up, he finds new cheese in a part
of the maze where he had never
been before.
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The lessons that Haw takes away
from the loss of the cheese are:
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We should adapt to change
quickly and let go of the old ways
of doing things, or the things
themselves.
We must change!
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