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Wednesday May 27, 2015     


Focused organized visions can make anything that was just a good idea into something great.

Make it greater, touching fantastic.

Or just cool.

Bits of fairy-dust seem to touch some things, make moments memorable.

Today may not be a party, celebration or grand opening – that was yesterday. Today could just as easily begin some other rollercoaster ride. Yesterday’s adrenalin lingers … few things feel that good with clothes on …

Nothing falls through cracks – everything captured, nothing lost.  Losing track, letting some idea or person stray so easily …

I’ll meet people.

Talk to them.

First time.

Will we do great work together?

Or just pass, jostled party goers …

What to do first, next, after that?

Or not at all?

Organize/re-organize, file, jostle, shove – everything fits list spots or chart corners, ranked orders of magnitude.  Busier I’ve got, more times organized-again, truths re-circled.

Yesterday/last evening, running my mind still – can’t think much else – these thoughts will punctuate my day …

Blips – hundreds, dot my radar screen (I expect everyone’s) – personal/professional, amazing maze of focus streams.

Yesterday’s grand-opening – a client’s facility – culmination, collaborative work of so many. My involvement was front-ended, six months of intensity, virtually none over last eleven, until yesterday where I got to share some spotlight at the finish line with an awesome team – and moments I remember most are people, handshakes and first chats, times never wasted. Looking back – first phone call, first meeting, first steps, six years of relationships formed with so many in that room last night. 150 at the party. Amazing. I love my work.

Today is my latest surprise package.

I’m just opening it.


Mark Kolke

column written/ published from Calgary, AB

morning walk:  12C/53F, overcast, damp fresh air from overnight shower – streets damp/clean, long walk including some streets we’ve not been down lately, so Gusta was in sniff-joy mode.


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