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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head

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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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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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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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 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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Confidence is overrated. It's when we're uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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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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I've seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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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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Everybody thinks that they're going to time the market, they're going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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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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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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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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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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People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.
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