Inspirational quotes, boy, do I have a lot. But there are two main quotes that I focus on every single day. I actually read these two quotes out loud to myself every single day.

The first one is very, very simple. In fact, it doesn’t get much easier than this:

1>0

That’s it. Literally, that’s the quote. One is Greater Than Zero. I began to grasp onto this concept when I heard Gary Vaynerchuk speak about this. And now, I relate it to everything in my life.

When I don’t feel like writing another post, I just say, hey 1 not so great post is still better than 0. When I’m a bit tired to send an outreach email to a local politician, I just tell myself to send at least one email because that’s better than not sending any at all.

If I can reach just one person with something that I write, then reaching 1 person is a lot better than reaching no one at all.

I can, and I’m sure you can too, relate to this quote in just about every instance of your life.

The other quote is:

Do not follow where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail – Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have always loved this quote and I feel that it has always helped me be a leader and ultimately led to me running a successful company and becoming a better advocate. At times it is best to just fall in line and follow the group for the bigger picture, however, do not be a sheep.

Be different, do something unique to your skill sets and personality and you may be able to go a lot further with your advocacy efforts.