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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.

Barbara Corcoran

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Barbara Corcoran
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 10
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Journalist
Television Producer
Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
Motivational
Power
Underestimate
Dare
Instinct

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Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.
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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
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If you want to have a creative culture, you can't get it by reading books. You get it by example.
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Everybody thinks that they're going to time the market, they're going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.
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Empathy for the people you're working with and being aware of their needs...that's the big kahuna in managing people.
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Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
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I've never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.
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The worst that could happen is I lose my company and go back to being a waitress. I don't think money's a great aspiration for a lot of people that succeed. They they have other motivations that turn them on. And money was not one of mine.
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I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.
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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head
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Don't teach talent that isn't there.
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you'll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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Don't get cocky just because you've had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you've earned it.
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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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