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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.

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
Cocky
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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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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head
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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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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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