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Just the Good Stuff

No-BS Secrets to Success (No Matter What Life Throws at You)

by Jim VandeHei
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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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    April 30, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780593796399

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      • ISBN: 9780593796399
      • File size: 6032 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      For readers who enjoy the no-nonsense, to-the-point writing found on Axios or Politico, this how-to book by VandeHei (the cofounder of those news sites) is the right choice. The author offers advice on how to create a successful and fulfilling life, even suggesting how to use the book and encouraging readers to take their time to process what they learn. Life, work, leadership, communication, and what brings you joy are covered in the title's six parts. Each topic emphasizes why it matters, how it relates to the big picture, and how and why readers should act for change. The book is user-friendly and lends itself to repeated reading. This is not a book for those who want step-by-step guidance or prefer longer explanations or examples. VERDICT Readers who enjoyed VandeHei's previous work Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less will appreciate the writing style. Similarly, fans of The No-BS Self-Help Book by Honerod will find this title refreshing. Libraries looking to expand their self-help collections would greatly benefit from adding this book.--Noelia Martinez

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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