by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 25, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
I watched “The Apprentice” this weekend. My poor wife has had flu for ten days and I’ve been doing a lot of childcare, as well as running the business. On Saturday and Sunday night our four-year-old did me the enormous favor of falling asleep on...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 19, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
Amid all the horrific news of recent weeks, a changing of the guard is afoot in the Democratic Party. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has repeatedly slammed Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to enable a Republican bill that would...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 11, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
One of the things I’ve loved about living in New York City over the last seven years is getting to know lawyers. As we all know, lawyers have a huge stake in keeping America honest. I work with law firms as clients, I have a couple of lawyers myself, and I love...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 4, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
Almost everyone I know is going through mad pressure right now. Can’t think why. Last weekend I had a conversation with my friend let’s-call-him-Colin, who works in a demanding role for the English National Health Service, about managing stress. He’s been...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Feb 25, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
How are you doing, on a scale of one to ten? Most of my friends are at about a two, right now, which I’m sad about. I’ve found that reading the newspaper every day and writing a daily newsletter about it (you can subscribe here!) has hugely lifted my...
