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You can't study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.

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
Jump
Entrepreneur
Study
Sometimes

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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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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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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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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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People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
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The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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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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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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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 difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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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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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.
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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
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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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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head
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