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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.'

Barbara Corcoran

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Barbara Corcoran
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 10
Businessperson
Businesswoman
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Television Producer
Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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Empathy for the people you're working with and being aware of their needs...that's the big kahuna in managing people.
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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 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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Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.
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I have found, whether you have a tiny business or a big business, if you don't jump on something right away, it's like a bird flying by-it flies off.
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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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If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you'll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!
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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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Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.
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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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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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