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AXIOS (Mike Allen) - Simplify: How to exponentially improve work, life Sat Aug 8 12:53:37 2026

Nothing has improved my work and life more than my new operating philosophy: Simplify . - I've seen such a dramatic improvement at Axios, and in my personal life, that I co-wrote a new book explaining step by step how it works. It's called "Simplify : Do 50% More with 50% Less." Why it matters: Axios co-founders Jim VandeHei, Roy Schwartz and I dig deep into real-world experience and science to show you why most people waste years of their lives doing needless stuff out of habit or inertia. - You'll learn the three-step Simplify operating system we've personally stress-tested: Confront what you do, Delete what you shouldn't do, and Amplify what brings you joy and achievement. Simplify is a method and a mindset — a set of power tools to help you kill complexity in your life and work so you can be happier and more productive. - Smart Brevity , our first book, was about simplifying how you communicate. Simplify extends that superpower to how you lead, manage, work and live. Why this? Simplify is a modern survival guide written for this wild, high-velocity AI moment. - We'll show you how to "say no" ... to delete ... to skip. Why now? AI turns out to be the greatest complexity-generation machine ever invented. It mass-produces drafts, dashboards and action items, adding to the noise and distraction that engulf us. - Stunning stat: Research shows we spend two hours cleaning up each incident of AI workslop. Why me? I'm excited for you to come along on my Simplify journey. - You'll learn what AT&T CEO John Stankey, who has spent years taming complexity at one of the world's oldest and most tradition-bound corporate giants, meant when he told me: "Stop till they squawk." - And a top executive told me how Meta became a "funner, faster" company. The bottom line: Less is more. Simplify will give you more time for what matters. - Preorder here .