Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
BARBARA CORCORANShark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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 think of my business and investments as extension of my family.
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The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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Most 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.
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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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If 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.
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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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I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I’m not saying that’s the only calling card, but it’s a whole crayon box.
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Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
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That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
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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 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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It’s rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn’t find that was true of my top super stars either.
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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