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5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED

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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. (Recorded at TEDNext 2025 on November 11, 2025)

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