Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
BARBARA CORCORANMy 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.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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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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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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If you want to be noticed, dress the part.
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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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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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People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
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Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even?
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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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Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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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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Everybody thinks that they’re going to time the market, they’re going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.
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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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