by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 16, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
It’s Women’s History Month and yesterday, March 15, was Equal Pay Day. That’s how far white women in America must work to earn what men earned in the previous year for doing the same job. And if you’re a Black woman, it’s in AUGUST. FFS. Men, if you want to do...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 8, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
My wife and I got rid of 15 bags of stuff this weekend during a spring clean. I like the Marie Kondo organizing method of asking yourself, “does this spark joy?”I also love having more space to think, even with a child in a 450-square-foot apartment in...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 1, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
This weekend I passed an old church in Upstate New York. Outside a sign said: “EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Organized February 20, 1811 by Rev. Samuel Fuller who built church in 1815 and served as Rector for thirty-one years.” It’s in a snow-covered town up in...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Feb 22, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
Mining foreman R. Thornburg shows a small cage with a canary used for testing carbon monoxide gas in 1928. George McCaa, U.S. Bureau of Mines via Smithsonian Between 1911 and 1986, coalminers used canaries to detect toxic carbon monoxide. Canaries are more sensitive...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Feb 15, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
My friend Selina is a mid-career executive coach. One of the things she tells people often is that hard work alone isn’t enough. As you build a career it’s important to not only do good work but to take credit for it. I’m not talking about...
