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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
Talent
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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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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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People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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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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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.
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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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