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Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.

Barbara Corcoran

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Barbara Corcoran
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 10
Businessperson
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Television Producer
Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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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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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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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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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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When you feel stuck and can't seem to move ahead, always remember that you don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going!
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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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People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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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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Confidence is overrated. It's when we're uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don't build 'wiggle room' into the asking price. There's a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.
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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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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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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it's there.
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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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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.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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