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5 practical ways to take control of your life | Jim VandeHei
13 minutes Posted Apr 1, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
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You can't control the world — but you can control you. That's the mantra that took Axios CEO Jim VandeHei, a once "unremarkably unremarkable 20-year-old," all the way to launching companies and interviewing presidents. He breaks down a career's worth of observations into five deceptively simple things you can control, and explores why mastering them can change the trajectory of your life.

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