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All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.

Barbara Corcoran

My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There’s no way I can control him. I wouldn’t stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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Home Husband Strong
Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It’s about making them happy.
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Employee Motivate Employees
The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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Justice Squares Wheels
Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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Dollars Sharks Tales
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
If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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Amount House Percent
Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I’m not saying that’s the only calling card, but it’s a whole crayon box.
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Calling Cards Sex
In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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City Country Earth Mouth
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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Company Fit Obligation
Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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Creativity Innovation Running
The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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Best People Time Wheel
The difference between the real winners is how long they take to feel sorry for themselves. My winners feel it… but they come back up and say ‘hit me again.’
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Differences Real Sorry
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.
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Average Media Past
The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don’t build ‘wiggle room’ into the asking price. There’s a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.
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Home War Winning
My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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Empowering Inspirational Strong Women
The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
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Hobbies House Men
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.
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Eight Home Shoes
If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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Fun Having Fun Wind
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.
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Entrepreneur Hard Mom Times
If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you’ll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!
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Forever Gut Way
A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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Estates Funny Real
I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it’s a phantom chase.
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Balance Thinking Years
When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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Chemistry Employee Great
The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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Advertising Important Publicity
Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.
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Building Crucial Hiring
Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.
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Feels Should Way
I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.
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Beautiful Entrepreneur Hate

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