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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

When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
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Advantage Gimmicks Huge
Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.
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Insecurity Motivator Wonderful
I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn’t like that very much.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Boss Dog Jobs
Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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Chance Ending Happy Take
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
Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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Instinct Motivational Natural Underestimate
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
Always choose attitude over experience. Always.
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Attitude Choices Motivational
The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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Inspiring Sorry Strong Women
You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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Entrepreneur Sometimes Study
So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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Finish Good People Start
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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Building Marketing Mom
Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they’re interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Eight Home Shoes
Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
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Discovery Schemes
I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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Agents Real Seven
Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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Creativity Innovation Running

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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