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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
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Television Producer
Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
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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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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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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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The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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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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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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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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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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Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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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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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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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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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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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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Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.
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