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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!

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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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
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I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I'll write down what my goals are for the next day When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.
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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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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 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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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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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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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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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head
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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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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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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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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
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If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately...it's everything.
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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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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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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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