The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
BARBARA CORCORANIf 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.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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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Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.
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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there’s a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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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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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!
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Take some time to sit down and figure out how your big rival is promoting their brand and plan something smarter and more creative for yours!
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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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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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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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Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.
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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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Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of ‘curb appeal.’
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn’t like that very much.
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Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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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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When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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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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