Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
BARBARA CORCORANThe difference between the real winners is how long they take to feel sorry for themselves. My winners feel it… but they come back up and say ‘hit me again.’
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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I’ve seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they’re going to want to do business with you. And if they don’t you’re going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.
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The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
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Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.
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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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I’m never in control of my time during the workday.
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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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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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If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as ‘new.’
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The difference between the real winners is how long they take to feel sorry for themselves. My winners feel it… but they come back up and say ‘hit me again.’
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You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you’re moving out. But it’s demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don’t have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.
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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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I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I’ll write down what my goals are for the next day; When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.
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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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When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
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Failure is my specialty.
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I’ve never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.
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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It’s about making them happy.
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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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.
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