Not a Cat, Not a Mouse ("America's Bestselling Book")

Author: William Cottringer
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Recently, a "cheese-level" bestseller has landed in China, sparking reflections among the Chinese people about the "three diseases" (civilization disease, social disease, and enterprise disease). This is the bestseller Not Cat, Not Mouse, which has recently caused a huge sensation in Europe and America. The book has caused a sensation in the United States mainly because it popularizes philosophy, allowing people to reflect on their inner selves from a spiritual level, and then seriously asking themselves: Is everything they are desperately pursuing truly what they want? How can they bridge the gap between their dreams and reality?
Dr. William Cottringer, the author of the book, has worked as a psychological counselor in prisons in the United States and Australia. He found that both prisoners and "normal" people suffer from many incorrect and chaotic mental states. This is the "Not Cat, Not Mouse state" revealed in the book, which induces many wrong behaviors, driving us away from our dreams and ultimately preventing us from achieving what we truly want. He has always wondered how to effectively correct these states. After a lifetime of reflection, this book is the result.
"Not Cat, Not Mouse" metaphorically refers to the various mental traps humans, especially modern people, set for themselves, which are the root causes of all failures in contemporary society. People often forget their original intentions and struggle endlessly with the mental traps they have set, unable to live a more balanced, healthier, and more successful life. They constantly create chaos and even fail to recognize themselves, resulting in an ever-widening gap between reality and ideals. This unbalanced state of life and thought, which is common in modern society, is the "Not Cat, Not Mouse" state revealed in the book.
The Relationship Between This Book and Who Moved My Cheese
Dr. Cottringer once wrote a 14-page pamphlet for prison inmates titled Closing the Gap. This book became wildly popular in the form of printed materials, lectures, and handwritten copies, and was widely praised by individuals and businesses. Famous companies in the United States, such as Boeing, General Motors, and Amway, even listed it as a mandatory reading material for employee training. Before writing Who Moved My Cheese, Spencer Johnson read Closing the Gap. He was deeply attracted to the stories in the book and was greatly inspired by them. Later, under the encouragement of Kenneth Blanchard, a mutual friend of Spencer Johnson and William Cottringer, Spencer Johnson referenced certain ideas from Closing the Gap and wrote Who Moved My Cheese.
Closing the Gap is the "original version" of this book. Therefore, the publication of this book allows Chinese readers to fully understand the origin and development of the "cheese philosophy."
This story, which is almost real, tells of two mischievous Siamese cats and two exceptionally clever mice forming an "impossible" secret relationship, which ultimately becomes a conspiracy in their "lives." They have a secret plan: to make life oscillate between chaos and order, leaving everyone confused and unable to distinguish right from wrong. They struggle endlessly in seven mental traps.
After reading this story, you will realize that modern people are actually in this wrong state, unable to extricate themselves. This state is the "Not Cat, Not Mouse" state. By following the methods provided in the book, you can bridge the gap between ideals and reality and achieve your grand goals in personal life and career development.