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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!

Barbara Corcoran

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
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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Color Motivational Organization
Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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Maximizing Minimizing Negative
Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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Chance Ending Happy Take
I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.
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Beautiful Entrepreneur Hate
The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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Billions Dollars Stories
All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.
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All Best Past Rejected
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
People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
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Example Leader People
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
Empathy for the people you’re working with and being aware of their needs…that’s the “big kahuna” in managing people.
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Empathy Needs People
Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.
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Building Crucial Hiring
No loan is free. The costs are in your loan somewhere, maybe rolled into the amount to be refinanced or even coming at a higher interest rate.
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Cost Interest Loan
When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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Chemistry Employee Great
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

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