Just the Good Stuff
No-BS Secrets to Success (No Matter What Life Throws at You)
Jim VandeHei
- NEW
- YORK
- TIMES
- BESTSELLER
- •
- A
- deeply
- personal,
- authentic,
- and
- clear-eyed
- guide
- to
- navigating
- today’s
- complex
- world
- and
- building
- a
- meaningful,
- successful
- career
- and
- life—no
- matter
- where
- you
- start
- out—from
- the
- bestselling
- author
- and
- cofounder
- of
- Axios
- and
- Politico.Jim
- VandeHei’s
- high
- school
- guidance
- counselor
- laid
- it
- out
- clearly:
- VandeHei
- wasn’t
- cut
- out
- for
- college.
- In
- 1990,
- you
- could
- find
- him
- proving
- the
- counselor’s
- case
- emphatically,
- preferring
- beer
- to
- books
- and
- delivering
- pizzas
- to
- mapping
- out
- career
- plans.
- He
- attended
- a
- two-year
- school
- before
- smuggling
- himself
- into
- the
- University
- of
- Wisconsin-Oshkosh,
- where
- after
- a
- year
- he
- had
- racked
- up
- a
- 1.4
- GPA
- and
- was
- on
- the
- verge
- of
- getting
- the
- boot.Everything
- changed
- when
- he
- discovered
- his
- passions:
- politics
- and
- journalism.VandeHei
- went
- on
- to
- cover
- the
- presidency
- and
- cofound
- two
- of
- the
- biggest
- modern
- news
- outlets,
- Politico
- and
- Axios,
- the
- media
- companies
- that
- upended
- and
- revolutionized
- journalism.
- He
- took
- notes
- every
- step
- of
- the
- way.
- And
- in
- Just
- the
- Good
- Stuff,
- his
- debut
- as
- a
- solo
- author,
- VandeHei
- writes
- the
- book
- he
- wishes
- someone
- had
- handed
- him
- when
- he
- was
- floundering—not
- a
- compendium
- of
- conventional
- wisdom
- but
- a
- real-world
- guide
- to
- achieving
- that
- other
- “good
- stuff,”
- health,
- wealth,
- happiness,
- all
- the
- blessings
- and
- exquisite
- pleasures
- we
- loosely
- group
- under
- that
- oft
- used
- but
- still
- under-appreciated
- rubric—success.Delivered
- in
- his
- hallmark
- no-word-wasted
- style,
- VandeHei
- offers
- essential,
- no-BS
- guidance
- on
- how
- to
- handle
- everything
- from
- finding
- a
- calling
- to
- building
- a
- team
- to
- navigating
- the
- realities
- of
- a
- changing
- workplace,
- showing
- us
- that
- no
- matter
- how
- inauspicious
- our
- beginnings,
- no
- matter
- how
- far
- down
- the
- ladder
- we
- begin,
- no
- matter
- what
- kind
- of
- challenges
- we
- face,
- a
- fulfilling
- life
- is
- within
- our reach.
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