5 books that can change your mindset and let you live an intentional life

Jeff McKeon shares with us his 5 books that can change your mindset and let you live an intentional life.

Author  of "Atomic Habits" James Clear said "Start more books. Quit most of them. Read the great ones twice."  I have read every single one of these books numerous times and as I've grown so to has my perspective, so each read I learn something new.

1. "Man's Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankl describes his survival on the holocaust and how his choice to find happiness was his greatest power. Ironically his famous quote "Between stimulus and response is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom" does not appear in the book but the meaning and framework is there.

2. "7 Habits Of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey gives you a way of looking at life intentionally and asking some important questions. Chapter 2 - Begin With The End In Mind starts with you imagining your own eulogy. That one chapter changed my life.

3. "Limitless" by Jim Kwik was a game changer for me as it allowed me to read and listen to more books. Chapter 14 page 237 teaches you to double the speed of your reading just by using a visual pacer like your finger, pen or cursor. You can also, with training, increase the speed you listen to audiobooks and podcasts. I can now listen at 2-3 times normal speed with full comprehension. 

4. "Tiny Habits" by BJ Fogg, PhD showed me how to change anything by starting small. This has been the greatest habit book that I have read as it gives you the formula, the psychology and the neuroscience of how, what, why of change. Read this book before you start anything new, this one book can help you change the world.

5. "Chatter" by Ethan Kross silenced that stupid, toxic, negative voice in my head that has haunted me for so long. Such simple and practical tools using science and psychology to silence the chatter of our daily lives. Imagine being able to make a mistake and not hear that inner critic that often says things worse than you could possibly say out loud to someone else. I wish this book was around when I was younger. 

Then once you have finished go back and read "Man's Search For Meaning" again. It is such a powerful tool for perspective. How are you going to live you life?

What's your favourite 5 books?

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Thumbs up for Climate Action by new Government

Mr Albanese mentioned some amazing policies and strategies covering climate, foreign workers , women in business, indigenous and medical .

Climate

"Together, we can end the climate wars," he said, adding that Australia had the possibility to be "a renewable energy superpower".

Some commitments made in Prime Minister Albanese’s speech:- 

• investment of  $20 billion towards upgrading the electricity grid so it can handle more renewable energy. 
• remove taxes on electric vehicles to make them between $2,000 and $12,000 cheaper
• install hundreds of community batteries across the country that will be charged by rooftop solar and provide shared energy storage for up to 100,000 households.
• install 85 solar banks to benefit more than 25,000 who can't access rooftop solar, such as renters and low-income households.
• public service sector would be required to reach net-zero emissions by 2030, although the Australian Defence Force, Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and security agencies would be exempt from this.
• $3 billion to invest in clean energy technologies like green metals (minerals used in green energy technologies), and seek to adjust the government's so-called "Safeguard Mechanism".The Safeguard Mechanism would make heavy emitters pay for their emissions, by gradually reducing, over time, the eligibility threshold from 100,000 tonnes to 25,000 tonnes
• phasing out coal and gas
• sign up to  US President Joe Biden's Global Methane Pledge to phase out methane gas, which is the second biggest contributor to human-caused global warming, after carbon dioxide.

Foreign workers 

granting foreign workers permanent residency m- given they are already living in the community and paying taxes.

"fix the crisis in aged care", after pledging to increase the number of nurses in aged care homes   Through reskilling and opening up migration to nurses 

Indigenous 

Mr Albanese said he committed to "the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full".

To be proud to have the oldest living continuous culture in the world - We will allow First Nations people to have a say in policies that affect health, education and housing. 

Wiradjuri woman Linda Burney would be the government's Indigenous Affairs minister.

Women into work and Childcare 

Get more women into work by making the childcare subsidy universal Mr Albanese claims the policy will make childcare cheaper for 96 per cent of families.

Medical

Solve busy hospital emergency departments and cut down wait times through implementation of Medicare Urgent Care Clinics —

 a trial of 50 urgent care clinics across the country, offering an alternative to for families.

The clinics — will treat patients needing urgent medical attention, including broken bones, minor burns and stitches for cuts, to free up congested emergency departments.

They will be based at GP surgeries and community health centres nationwide and cost more than $135 million over four years.

A few Suggestions that come to mind 

• Higher pay for essential workers - Education,  daycare providers and nurses - increase the base rate - these people are key to our future 
• Education - more public high schools
• GP remuneration - Medicare rebate improve -funded by Stopping  universal bulk billing - people need to inderstand cost of going to gp - so they have an idea how much they paid for Medicare
• Get rid of Payroll Tax - and rather incentivise employers  to employ more people  
• Support Exporters and Innovators through EMDG and R&D Tax Concessions