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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

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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Able Real Stars
I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I’ll write down what my goals are for the next day; When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Gratitude Kids Writing
Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Lesson Talent Teach
When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Advantage Gimmicks Huge
Instead of assuming everything you’re being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Asks Assuming Plenty
Failure is my specialty.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Failure Motivational Specialty
Always choose attitude over experience. Always.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Attitude Choices Motivational
Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It’s about making them happy.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Employee Motivate Employees
I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Average Media Past
If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Amount House Percent
You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
BARBARA CORCORAN

Limelight Share Stealing
I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% – still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Entrepreneur Hard Mom Times
Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Depression Guilt Procrastination Put Stop
The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Justice Squares Wheels
If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately…it’s everything.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Fire Ideas Moving
My best successes came on the heels of failures.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Empowering Inspirational Strong Women

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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