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I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn’t want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn’t want a boss.

Barbara Corcoran

Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even?
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Break Even Long Two
I 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.
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Feet Jobs People
The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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Best People Time Wheel
In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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Entrepreneur Motivational Waiting
Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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Maximizing Minimizing Negative
Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.
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Building Crucial Hiring
Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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Dollars Sharks Tales
I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.
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Family Investment Thinking
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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Business Jobs Learning
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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Creative Down Rivals Smarter Something
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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Bottom Matter Thinking
So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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Finish Good People Start
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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Feminine Husband Wife
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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Four House Two
Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Insecurity Motivator Wonderful
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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Able Real Stars

I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn’t want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn’t want a boss.

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I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn’t want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn’t want a boss.

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