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!
BARBARA CORCORANAlways choose attitude over experience. Always.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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When you feel stuck and can’t seem to move ahead, always remember that you don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going!
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
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I’ve seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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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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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.
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I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.
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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.’
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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It’s about making them happy.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.
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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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Don’t get cocky just because you’ve had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you’ve earned it.
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A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.
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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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If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately…it’s everything.
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If you want to be noticed, dress the part.
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You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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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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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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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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