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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.

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
Working
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Needs
People
Managing
Empathy
Aware

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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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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 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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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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I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.
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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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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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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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Don't teach talent that isn't there.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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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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The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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Don't get cocky just because you've had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you've earned it.
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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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