The Lawyer’s Well-Being Brief

Zotheka — It is Possible!

“Do what you love, not what you think you’re supposed to do.”-Unknown

Welcome back or welcome to, the Lawyer’s Well-being Brief. Every week, I share insights and tools to help us improve our well-being. This week I’m sharing tips from Jim VandeHei’s Just the Good Stuff — No-BS Secrets to Success (No Matter What Life Throws at You).

Who is Jim VandeHei?

VandeHei is an American journalist and businessman who is the co-founder and CEO of Axios and the former executive editor and co-founder of Politico. Previously, he was a national political reporter at The Washington Post, where he worked as a White House correspondent.

What is Just the Good Stuff about?

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.