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.
BARBARA CORCORANThe best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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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I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.
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Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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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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Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
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If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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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.
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If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as ‘new.’
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Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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The most effective way to build a brand is not by spending millions in advertising, but by finding a clever way to keep your name in the press.
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I love myself. Anything that has my name I’m tickled to death.
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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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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 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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