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People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they're going to want to do business with you. And if they don't you're going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.
Barbara Corcoran
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Barbara Corcoran
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 10
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Edgewater
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Barbara Ann Corcoran
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.
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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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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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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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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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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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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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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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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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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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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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If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you'll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!
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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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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
Barbara Corcoran
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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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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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