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.
BARBARA CORCORANMake sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they’ll determine 80 percent of your success.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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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Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
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When you feel stuck and can’t seem to move ahead, always remember that you don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going!
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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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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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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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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 someone doesn’t fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you’re holding them back from excelling elsewhere.
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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