Hello again after a long hiatus.
Yes! I’m still trying to give away 20 million dollars. My journey to reach that goal hasn’t stopped since I was impressed to do it three years ago this February.
Every journey, though, has its moments where the traveler needs to rest by the side of the road. After reaching that point this past summer, I was due to take some Time In.
I call it Time In because while it was definitely “time off” from Promark, it was a different kind of work altogether. When Len passed away and I took on this challenge at Promark, it was easy to throw everything I had into it and avoid trying to figure out who Kim is now that her life has been so abruptly redefined. You can only do that for so long when it comes time to take a sit by the road and start looking inward. The Time In has been restorative but painful, surprising and exhilarating.
In a lot of ways, Promark has had a year of Time In as well. As a team, we’ve done a lot of quiet work on ourselves. On our culture, our business processes, and our company identity. We’ve discovered our DNA and we think it’s profound. We’ve taken some time by the side of the road to do hard internal work so we’ll be positioned this year to take flight on a whole new mission.
It’s funny what happens when you take time to rest on the side of the road. You wouldn’t think that you can make progress on the journey while you’re having Time In. That’s been an exciting discovery!
Promark has now become a new company with a much broader identity. Amazing people have joined with us since the summer. They bring talents in recruiting, technology, philanthropy, and entrepreneurship. They’ve discovered a home at Promark and we’re laboring together on a company that will change the way financial products are sold in America.
The journey to give away $20 million has become a story of repurposing a company called Promark to do just that. I can’t wait to tell you the stories of what’s been transpiring.
Thanks for giving me (and Promark) the breathing space to have Time In.





