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.
BARBARA CORCORANA good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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If 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.
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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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The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old 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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People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they’re going to want to do business with you. And if they don’t you’re going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.
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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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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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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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If you want to have a creative culture, you can’t get it by reading books. You get it by example.
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I’m never in control of my time during the workday.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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No loan is free. The costs are in your loan somewhere, maybe rolled into the amount to be refinanced or even coming at a higher interest rate.
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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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