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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.

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
Today
Staging
Optional
Necessity
Selling
House
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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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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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it's there.
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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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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 biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head
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