by Terry Moore, CCIM | Dec 27, 2024 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
It’s the end of the year, and it’s natural to start thinking about next year. It’s tempting to jump right to creating resolutions or setting goals. Not so fast, my friend. Before you start looking ahead, it pays to look back to review and reflect on the year just...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Dec 20, 2024 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
It’s hard to escape Dickens’s Christmas Carol this time of year. The novella was published in 1843, and it’s never been out of print. In addition to the print editions, there are more than 500 films, stage plays, and television adaptations. When you talk to...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Dec 9, 2024 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
Candidly, it is gosh darn hard to ponder deeply, to be genuinely curious, and avoid predictable biases. That takes conscious effort. Why Thinking Well is Challenging Thinking well requires mental effort, and human beings tend to avoid effort. For our early ancestors,...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Dec 2, 2024 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
On Thursday, millions of Americans celebrated Thanksgiving. For billions of others, it was just another Thursday. The Thanksgiving Proclamation One of America’s most melancholy Presidents initiated Thanksgiving by proclamation. He signed the document on October 3,...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Nov 22, 2024 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
My wife says that I think too much about my thinking. I think she is right. That is a joke, and it’s true. Over the last few months, I have had a new, temporary hobby of interacting with several doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, social...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Nov 15, 2024 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
My parents had passed before I understood how remarkable they were. People who didn’t know my parents well could easily think of them as “ordinary.” After he was discharged from the army, my father used his skills and knowledge to provide for his modest family. My...
