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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.

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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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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The difference between the real winners is how long they take to feel sorry for themselves. My winners feel it... but they come back up and say 'hit me again.'
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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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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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The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
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People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they're going to want to do business with you. And if they don't you're going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.
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I've seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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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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Don't teach talent that isn't there.
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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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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.
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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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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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