Just the Good Stuff, Jim VandeHei
Just the Good Stuff, Jim VandeHei
List: $20.00 | Sale: $14.00
Club: $10.00

Just the Good Stuff
No-BS Secrets to Success (No Matter What Life Throws at You)

Author: Jim VandeHei

Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross

Unabridged: 5 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/30/2024


Synopsis

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.

About The Author

Jim VandeHei is the cofounder and CEO of Axios, a media company focused on breaking news and invaluable insights across business, politics, technology, and the world. VandeHei is also coauthor of Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less. Before Axios, VandeHei cofounded and was CEO of Politico, the media company that upended and revolutionized political and policy journalism. Prior to this, VandeHei spent more than a decade as a reporter, covering the presidency and Congress for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. VandeHei is from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.


Reviews

Goodreads review by John

I read Smart Brevity and gave it 5 stars, so the publisher offered me a copy of one of the author's latest book. I'm a writer and avid reader, so the Smart Brevity approach resonated with me with it's quick hit then move on approach to writing. Just the Good Stuff: No-BS Secrets to Success is essent......more

Goodreads review by Cathy

Great advice re work, life and everything in between. My favorite: cut yourself slack on the daily, minor stumbles, and focus on getting the big things right. What are the big/good things? Meaningful relationships with your kids, a healthy marriage, strong bonds with your parents and siblings, a few......more

Goodreads review by Debbie

Hmm some good stuff in here and it wasn’t my style. Life lessons, work and leadership advice. Very informal and some elements did not fit my experience. Thank you to #netgalley and the publisher for an ARC.......more

Goodreads review by Julie

Great and concise advice and reminders for everyday life. Highly recommend. Especially great for gifts for loved ones. Five stars!!!!......more