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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@imthelonely
May 15, 2026 at 11:11 am
Necessary
@apodartho9ro
May 15, 2026 at 11:14 am
❤️❤️❤️❤️
@HKAMILAH
May 15, 2026 at 11:42 am
I really needed to see this today, thank you 🤍
@TardigradeTough
May 15, 2026 at 12:22 pm
Jesus christ if I went on stage and took a massive dump I’d get an audience of people like you who’d give me a round of applause 👏👏
@ChrisWMF
May 15, 2026 at 11:46 am
that line about “doom and gloom” comes from privilege.
@AdityaMehendale
May 15, 2026 at 12:43 pm
Persons in a position of privilege are often blind to the fact. Alas. That death-bed story is poignant, though.
@wagwanbennydj6003
May 15, 2026 at 11:57 am
Let’s go
@TardigradeTough
May 15, 2026 at 12:19 pm
Let’s not he a shill who seems to be giving insights but is actually saying nothing new or groundbreaking or even helpful
@IAMsterdam1071
May 15, 2026 at 12:12 pm
This is the story all successful people like to tell. That it is a mindset and everybody can get there. It’s simply not true. The son he adopted is the prime example. Maybe he can flourish now he is in a better environment. Before it was probably about survival.
This message here is really toxic, it’s basically saying that everyone that isn’t successful isn’t trying hard enough
@abemore
May 15, 2026 at 1:54 pm
Yeah, his message is to just do it, but the problem is achieving the mindset to do it.
@lauravazquez5652
May 15, 2026 at 2:49 pm
Concur
@mennasoliman4794
May 15, 2026 at 8:10 pm
the best comment
@TardigradeTough
May 15, 2026 at 12:17 pm
“You control you”? Jesus what amazing insight lol and you can be just as great as he is lmao TED what are you doing? So sad to see this channel die a sad death
@CalicoCooperFan
May 15, 2026 at 6:55 pm
There are people that spend all of their time, effort, and energy thinking about big problems that are outside of their control. They get overwhelmed, anxious, and are highly reactive. No good comes from obsessing about the stuff on the news that you can’t move the needle on each day. This speaker is right. Your life can improve by magnitudes if you focus on taking action on what is inside of your direct control. He’s giving a message of personal empowerment.
@sevasocialite5265
May 15, 2026 at 12:42 pm
This is one of the few Ted talks that in really finding something of value in. 10/10 , great presentation!
@TardigradeTough
May 15, 2026 at 12:59 pm
Wow if I ripped a big stinky fart I’d get an audience for it coz there’s people like you that’d like the most garbage content
@yahyanoshad1067
May 15, 2026 at 1:02 pm
hey stranger can we talk
@ΟυρανόςΣάμαα
May 15, 2026 at 3:44 pm
Are you okay?
@rrvillareal2011
May 15, 2026 at 1:28 pm
Theres alot of junk information on the internet and its like finding a needle in a haystack
@hea7en__
May 15, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Not always. Somehow I found this TED talk:)
@cpsocara
May 15, 2026 at 1:46 pm
The illusion of control can do amazing things. Just act as if you had control of anything, and many good things can be made by you.
@doubleuenbeeeh
May 15, 2026 at 1:55 pm
This guy pauses at the most awkward times
@doubleuenbeeeh
May 15, 2026 at 1:55 pm
“than I were” 😂
@lauravazquez5652
May 15, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Like nobody thought of that 🤦♂️. So many circumstances…
@kimpettersson6605
May 15, 2026 at 7:41 pm
The philosophy of Nietzsche and Aristotle summarized in 10 minutes ❤️
@chuat1279
May 15, 2026 at 8:16 pm
Đạt đã xem 16/05/2025
@Andy-ct2ut
May 15, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Wheres the peter lee’s ted talks? 🙁
@sangre3
May 15, 2026 at 9:10 pm
Bueno, Pero si te quedas sentado en una silla esperando que caiga el mana del cielo, cómo que muy bien no te va a ir tampoco…