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Don't teach talent that isn't there.

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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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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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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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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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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When you feel stuck and can't seem to move ahead, always remember that you don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going!
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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If you want to have a creative culture, you can't get it by reading books. You get it by example.
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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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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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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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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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If someone doesn't fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you're holding them back from excelling elsewhere.
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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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The worst that could happen is I lose my company and go back to being a waitress. I don't think money's a great aspiration for a lot of people that succeed. They they have other motivations that turn them on. And money was not one of mine.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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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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