Independent / Small Business Owners

Quote of the Month:
“A place for everything, everything in its place.”
— Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer (1812-1904)

Guest speaker Sandy Linville was under the weather and couldn’t make it to the luncheon, but she did send along some notes for this recap.

Sandy’s company is SOS Professional Organizer SOS Professional Organizer. She is the only board-certified professional organizer in Kentucky. Feeling a big cluttered? Sandy found some interesting statistics about the average desk worker:

Quote of the Month:
“Where flowers bloom so does hope.”
—Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson, American First Lady 1963-1969 (1912-2007)

Lewis Kelly, Ph.D., wears two hats. His day job is associate director for administration at the Markey Cancer Center. By nights, weekends, holidays and vacations he is president of his own company, ERTIAUnlimited. Ertia is the opposite of inertia. Through this company Lew provides seminars and consulting services.

Quote of the Month:
“No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you’d be more productive.”
—Dr. Joyce Brothers, American psychologist (1928-)

Donna Ison, a museum theater playwright and novelist and actress, spoke to us about the dharma of self-employment and small business. Dharma is a Sanskrit word. According to Donna, dharma has three points: Finding or fulfilling your individual purpose in life and using your unique talents for that purpose (usually through work), bringing joy to others through it, and bringing joy to yourself through it. “It’s something everyone should do but they don’t,” she said.