# The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle  ## Metadata - Author: [[Jim Rohn]] - Full Title: The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle - Category: #books ## Highlights - “To have more we must first become more” is the very essence of the philosophy of personal development, success, and happiness addressed by Jim Rohn in The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle. It is our personal philosophy that establishes our individual attitude. It is our attitude that determines both the quantity and the quality of our level of activity. That activity produces proportionate results, and the results provide the lifestyle we seek. ([Location 35](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005K1ZCES&location=35)) - Tags: [[blue]] - The set of the sail, how we think and how we respond, has a far greater capacity to destroy our lives than any challenges we face. How quickly and responsibly we react to adversity is far more important than the adversity itself. Once we discipline ourselves to understand this, we will finally and willingly conclude that the great challenge of life is to control the process of our own thinking. ([Location 158](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005K1ZCES&location=158)) - Tags: [[blue]]