People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
BARBARA CORCORANGood salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
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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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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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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of ‘curb appeal.’
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You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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Refinancing doesn’t reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.
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A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.
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If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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I have found, whether you have a tiny business or a big business, if you don’t jump on something right away, it’s like a bird flying by-it flies off.
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I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.
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Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.
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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.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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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 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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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.
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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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Take some time to sit down and figure out how your big rival is promoting their brand and plan something smarter and more creative for yours!
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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it’s what goes on inside your own head
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I’ve never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.
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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 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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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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