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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
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Women

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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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If someone doesn't fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you're holding them back from excelling elsewhere.
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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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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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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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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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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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I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I'll write down what my goals are for the next day When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.
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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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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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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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