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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
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Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
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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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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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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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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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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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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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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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The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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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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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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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 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'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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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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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
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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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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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