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People imitate their leader. Lead by example.

Barbara Corcoran

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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Able Real Stars
The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Advertising Important Publicity
Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Building Marketing Mom
When you’re a big money earner and your husband isn’t, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or ‘Mrs. Higgins.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Feminine Husband Wife
Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Lesson Talent Teach
Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Chance Ending Happy Take
A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Estates Funny Real
Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Book People Smart
Figure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your “not to do” list. Post the list where you’ll see it.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Effort Labels Past
Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Maximizing Minimizing Negative
My best successes came on the heels of failures.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Empowering Inspirational Strong Women
I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Charisma Entrepreneur
I hadn’t learned to read by third grade, which wasn’t unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn’t see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn’t the least bit bothered – until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Kids Reading School
Empathy for the people you’re working with and being aware of their needs…that’s the “big kahuna” in managing people.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Empathy Needs People
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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Boss Business Jobs Two
All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.
BARBARA CORCORAN

All Best Past Rejected

People imitate their leader. Lead by example.

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