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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it's there.

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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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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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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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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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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Don't get cocky just because you've had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you've earned it.
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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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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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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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Don't teach talent that isn't there.
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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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The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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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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My mother's genius was to put her finger on the gifts she saw in each of us, and make every one of us believe that that gift was uniquely ours.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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The worst that could happen is I lose my company and go back to being a waitress. I don't think money's a great aspiration for a lot of people that succeed. They they have other motivations that turn them on. And money was not one of mine.
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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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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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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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