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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.

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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I've seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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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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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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You can't study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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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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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 gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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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 have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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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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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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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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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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Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
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A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the 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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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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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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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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