The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it’s what goes on inside your own head
BARBARA CORCORANWhen you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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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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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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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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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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Always choose attitude over experience. Always.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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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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Don’t be afraid to go for positions, jobs or take on clients just outside of your knowledge base. It’s when you’re uncomfortable that you learn and grow the most.
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Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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Figure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your “not to do” list. Post the list where you’ll see it.
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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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.
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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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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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I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.
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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.
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It’s rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn’t find that was true of my top super stars either.
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Confidence is overrated. It’s when we’re uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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