You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
BARBARA CORCORANThe difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there’s a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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If you want to be noticed, dress the part.
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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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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.
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Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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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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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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Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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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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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There’s no way I can control him. I wouldn’t stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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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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Take some time to sit down and figure out how your big rival is promoting their brand and plan something smarter and more creative for yours!
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Figure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your “not to do” list. Post the list where you’ll see it.
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If you’ve got the money, you need people to make money with your money. And if you have the talent, you can always merchandise your talent to someone who’s got the money and make money. There’s two pieces to it: talent and money.
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I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.
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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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