by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 26, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
I’m on a trip to Washington D.C. today with a client, United Stateless, which is putting on a film. A fancy law firm is hosting us on Capitol Hill and we’ve invited hill staff along. It’s an educational and awareness-building event for a...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 19, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
Like most teenagers, I was a little awkward. On the surface, things were going very well. I was an overachiever. To the point where somebody should have asked me, “Matt, are you okay? You seem to be overdoing it a bit.” And in fact, there was a lot moving...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
Great cookbooks tell you exactly how to make something exquisite. There’s no other written medium that is able to impact a person with such directness. I call that first bite the thunderclap effect. You eat a piece of somebody else’s wisdom and...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 5, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
17 minutes into the movie Ghostbusters, Sigourney Weaver’s character gets out of a cab carrying a brown paper grocery bag. There are some greens peeking out of the top. She isn’t smiling. But she seems optimistic and independent. She’s wearing a fantastic coat....
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 29, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
From the “X-Factor” TV show: Harry Styles (center), and four other people. I’m getting a little bored with conversations about the impact of chat GP-blah. I get it. Bots are going to erase us all, then that’s it. Meantime we should engage in a...