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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
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Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
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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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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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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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The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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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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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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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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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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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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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it's there.
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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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You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you're moving out. But it's demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don't have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.
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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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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
Barbara Corcoran
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 teach talent that isn't there.
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