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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.

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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Sales

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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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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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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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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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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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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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