The worst that could happen is I lose my company and go back to being a waitress. I don’t think money’s a great aspiration for a lot of people that succeed. They they have other motivations that turn them on. And money was not one of mine.
BARBARA CORCORANIf you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you’ll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
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That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
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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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If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately…it’s everything.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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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!
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Figure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your “not to do” list. Post the list where you’ll see it.
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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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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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