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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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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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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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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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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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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately...it's everything.
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I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% - still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you're moving out. But it's demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don't have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they're going to want to do business with you. And if they don't you're going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.
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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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Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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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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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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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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