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Simplify

Do 50% more with 50% less
By Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei and Roy Schwartz
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With AI upending work and life, the 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... Read More
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A practical guide to using simplicity to unlock productivity in your business and life - from the bestselling authors of Smart Brevity.

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With AI upending work and life, the 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399832021

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: John Murray Business

Illustration: N/A

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 222.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

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.

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