Let’s Kill Sh*t: Axios CEO on simplifying your work-life in the AI era

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Be just constantly thinking about what are the fewest number of people we need in the fewest number of meetings, jumping through the fewest number of procedural hurdles to get something done. You need to be that ruthless, constantly thinking about fewer, fewer, less, less, quicker, quicker. Once you do that, it creates an energy of its own and others around you start doing it naturally. And I think once you get into that mentality, you'll really see a pretty appreciable difference almost overnight.

That's Jim Vandehy, CEO of influential news outlet Axios and co-author of the new book Simplify. Jim is one of the most insightful business leaders I know, as well as a deeply sourced journalist. In today's episode we talk first about the upcoming midterm elections. and the implications for businesses, and then we quickly turn to how AI-driven change, what he calls post-processable velocity, is altering planning, expectations, and habits. Jim's solution to all that disruption is to lean into simplicity through a three-part

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