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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.

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
Employee
Chemistry
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Hire

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Don't teach talent that isn't there.
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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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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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