I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.
BARBARA CORCORANEvery 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.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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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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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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.
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The most effective way to build a brand is not by spending millions in advertising, but by finding a clever way to keep your name in the press.
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Refinancing doesn’t reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.
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In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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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 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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A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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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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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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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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Always choose attitude over experience. Always.
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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