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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.

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
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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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I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I'll write down what my goals are for the next day When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.
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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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If you've got the money, you need people to make money with your money. And if you have the talent, you can always merchandise your talent to someone who's got the money and make money. There's two pieces to it: talent and money.
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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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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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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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The difference between the real winners is how long they take to feel sorry for themselves. My winners feel it... but they come back up and say 'hit me again.'
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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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Don't teach talent that isn't there.
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Confidence is overrated. It's when we're uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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