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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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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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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 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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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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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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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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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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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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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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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.
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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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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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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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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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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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