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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 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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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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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it's there.
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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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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
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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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If you've got the money, you need people to make money with your money. And if you have the talent, you can always merchandise your talent to someone who's got the money and make money. There's two pieces to it: talent and money.
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I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I'll write down what my goals are for the next day When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.
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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 story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don't build 'wiggle room' into the asking price. There's a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.
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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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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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