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.
BARBARA CORCORANI 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.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they’ll determine 80 percent of your success.
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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 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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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
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If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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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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All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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Especially if you’re over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
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I’ve seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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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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