Figure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your “not to do” list. Post the list where you’ll see it.
BARBARA CORCORANFigure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your “not to do” list. Post the list where you’ll see it.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they’re interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.
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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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Especially if you’re over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
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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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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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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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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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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 a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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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 have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately…it’s everything.
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Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
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I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you’re quoted in the ‘Wall Street Journal,’ the ‘New York Times,’ constantly as the expert in the business people assume you’re a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
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I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.
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Failure is my specialty.
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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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You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you’re moving out. But it’s demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don’t have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.
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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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I’ve seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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