Always choose attitude over experience. Always.
BARBARA CORCORANAlways choose attitude over experience. Always.
BARBARA CORCORANEvery 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.
BARBARA CORCORANIf you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
BARBARA CORCORANIf a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
BARBARA CORCORANIf you want to be noticed, dress the part.
BARBARA CORCORANTaking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
BARBARA CORCORANPeople imitate their leader. Lead by example.
BARBARA CORCORANFinding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
BARBARA CORCORANIn New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
BARBARA CORCORANIf someone doesn’t fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you’re holding them back from excelling elsewhere.
BARBARA CORCORANThe best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
BARBARA CORCORANGreat sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
BARBARA CORCORANI 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.
BARBARA CORCORANA funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
BARBARA CORCORANMost great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They’re almost like tangent lines – those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine.
BARBARA CORCORANI have found, whether you have a tiny business or a big business, if you don’t jump on something right away, it’s like a bird flying by-it flies off.
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