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If you've got the money, you need people to make money with your money. And if you have the talent, you can always merchandise your talent to someone who's got the money and make money. There's two pieces to it: talent and money.

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 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 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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You can't study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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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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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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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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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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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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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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The worst that could happen is I lose my company and go back to being a waitress. I don't think money's a great aspiration for a lot of people that succeed. They they have other motivations that turn them on. And money was not one of mine.
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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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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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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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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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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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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they're interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.
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