Simplify: Do 50 Percent More with 50 Percent Less by Vandehei, Jim

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: Jim Vandehei,Mike Allen,Roy Schwartz
Publisher: Crown Currency
Published: 09/15/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.82w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9798217088775

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/03/2026

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.