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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
Publicity
Advertising
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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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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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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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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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 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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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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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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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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Don't be afraid to go for positions, jobs or take on clients just outside of your knowledge base. It's when you're uncomfortable that you learn and grow the most.
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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.
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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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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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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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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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