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.
BARBARA CORCORANStop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I’ll write down what my goals are for the next day; When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.
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When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It’s about making them happy.
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When you’re a big money earner and your husband isn’t, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or ‘Mrs. Higgins.
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.
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I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% – still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.
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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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In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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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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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 love myself. Anything that has my name I’m tickled to death.
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My mother’s genius was to put her finger on the gifts she saw in each of us, and make every one of us believe that that gift was uniquely ours.
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I’ve never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.
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