“FOUR QUARTERS”
Thought Leader: Dr. Jane Smith
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Photographer: Jenna Shea Photography
Designer: Monica Kraeger
DR. JANE SMITH SAYS: “My aim is to encourage people of all ages…to make a concerted choice to live all 4 quarters of their lives with a confident, positive and dignified outlook.”
ABOUT DR. JANE SMITH
Dr. Jane Smith’s foundational statement, “I was born with a gift to speak, and I’ve had a relationship with God since I first started walking.”
Dr. Smith continues, “I have had many, many, many challenging times in my life, so I have used the first 3 quarters of my life so far to build a professional speech of human dignity and positive self-talk. People forget, and they cannot feel that there’s dignity in their lives when life has been challenging. The truth is that each of us can say, “I matter,” and mean it by looking for ways to dignify yourself and others. It is essential to take the mindset of, “How do I take all of this negative stuff and zip it up?” Now, in my professional speeches, my aim is to encourage people of all ages…from Girl Scouts to Seniors… to look at the four quarters of their lives and to make a concerted choice to live all 4 quarters with a confident, positive and dignified outlook.”
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This work was made using the storytelling methods created by The Lexicon of Sustainability www.thelexicon.org