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.’
BARBARA CORCORANDon’t teach talent that isn’t there.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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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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Confidence is overrated. It’s when we’re uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
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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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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 best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it’s what goes on inside your own head
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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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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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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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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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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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No loan is free. The costs are in your loan somewhere, maybe rolled into the amount to be refinanced or even coming at a higher interest rate.
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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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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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