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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.

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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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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Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
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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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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
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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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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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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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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.
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The difference between the real winners is how long they take to feel sorry for themselves. My winners feel it... but they come back up and say 'hit me again.'
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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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 difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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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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Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.
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