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by Jim Vandehei (Author), Mike Allen (Author), Roy Schwartz (Author)
With AI upending work and life, the founders of Axios and bestselling authors of Smart Brevity offer a one-stop survival guide to dramatically improving your life, work, and happiness.
- Toxic complexity clogs our meetings, inboxes, calendars--even in our daily habits. We can do so much more, but first we need to do less.
- Simplify shows you how. It's a step-by-step playbook for spending most of your time doing things that make you feel and perform better.
This urgent manual lets you take control of what is essential in a world where AI might simplify you out of a job. Maximize success by simplifying every aspect of your life. Ruthlessly distill what really matters to you, then clear the space to focus on what you do best.
- Simplify will help anyone thrive, from interns to CEOs.
The authors draw on lessons from founding two hot startups--Axios and Politico--and their years of experience advising Fortune 500 companies. Simplify is packed with advice from some of the world's most successful people--your handbook for eliminating dreary distractions... so you can focus on what matters.
Author Biography
Jim VandeHei is co-founder and CEO of Axios and the New York Times bestselling author of Just the Good Stuff and Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less. VandeHei is also co-founder and former CEO of Politico and spent more than a decade as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.
Mike Allen is co-founder of Axios and the face of Axios' three flagship newsletters--Axios AM, PM, and Finish Line--and co-author of the bestselling Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less. He co-founded Politico and is an alumnus of TIME, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Roy Schwartz is co-founder of Axios and Axios HQ, co-author of the bestselling Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less, and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning Axios on HBO. He previously served as chief revenue officer at Politico.
Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.95 x 8.53 x 5.82 IN
Publication Date: September 15, 2026
