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.
BARBARA CORCORANI’m never in control of my time during the workday.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
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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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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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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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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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Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.
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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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Empathy for the people you’re working with and being aware of their needs…that’s the “big kahuna” in managing people.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it’s a phantom chase.
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I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.
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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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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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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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