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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
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Journalist
Television Producer
Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
Empowerment
Failures
Heels
Empowering
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Women
Best
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Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.
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If you've got the money, you need people to make money with your money. And if you have the talent, you can always merchandise your talent to someone who's got the money and make money. There's two pieces to it: talent and money.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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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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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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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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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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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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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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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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I have found, whether you have a tiny business or a big business, if you don't jump on something right away, it's like a bird flying by-it flies off.
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I've seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.
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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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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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Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they're interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.
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I've never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.
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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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