Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
BARBARA CORCORANMost great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They’re almost like tangent lines – those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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I’m never in control of my time during the workday.
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Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They’re almost like tangent lines – those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine.
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When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
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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 love myself. Anything that has my name I’m tickled to death.
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I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you’re quoted in the ‘Wall Street Journal,’ the ‘New York Times,’ constantly as the expert in the business people assume you’re a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.
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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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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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Figure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your “not to do” list. Post the list where you’ll see it.
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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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