Failure is my specialty.
BARBARA CORCORANLeaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
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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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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.
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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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Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
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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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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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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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