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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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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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Don't get cocky just because you've had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you've earned it.
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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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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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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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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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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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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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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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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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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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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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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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Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
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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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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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