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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
Barbara Corcoran
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Barbara Corcoran
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 10
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Television Producer
Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
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Empathy for the people you're working with and being aware of their needs...that's the big kahuna in managing people.
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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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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 best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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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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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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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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Confidence is overrated. It's when we're uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
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