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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
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Uniquely
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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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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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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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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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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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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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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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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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When you feel stuck and can't seem to move ahead, always remember that you don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going!
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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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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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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.
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