I’m never in control of my time during the workday.
BARBARA CORCORANI 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.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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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That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
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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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Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
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Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don’t build ‘wiggle room’ into the asking price. There’s a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.
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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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The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they’ll determine 80 percent of your success.
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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 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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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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Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
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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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