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My mother's genius was to put her finger on the gifts she saw in each of us, and make every one of us believe that that gift was uniquely ours.

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
Saws
Genius
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Mother
Uniquely
Every
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Believe
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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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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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn't want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn't want a boss.
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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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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.
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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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The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don't build 'wiggle room' into the asking price. There's a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.
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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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If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as 'new.'
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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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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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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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