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Don’t get cocky just because you’ve had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you’ve earned it.

Barbara Corcoran

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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Country Journal Running Street Wall
I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Charisma Entrepreneur
Failure is my specialty.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Failure Motivational Specialty
That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Fields Motivational Succeed
Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Chance Ending Happy Take
When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Building Business Success Work
Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Insecurity Motivator Wonderful
My mother’s genius was to put her finger on the gifts she saw in each of us, and make every one of us believe that that gift was uniquely ours.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Believe Inspirational Mother
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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Kids Motivational Real
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.’
BARBARA CORCORAN

Four House Two
I 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 CORCORAN

Kids Reading School
Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Motivational People Sorry
The difference between the real winners is how long they take to feel sorry for themselves. My winners feel it… but they come back up and say ‘hit me again.’
BARBARA CORCORAN

Differences Real Sorry
When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Advantage Gimmicks Huge
In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Entrepreneur Motivational Waiting
You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you’re moving out. But it’s demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don’t have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Home Moving Rip

Don’t get cocky just because you’ve had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you’ve earned it.

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