Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they’ll determine 80 percent of your success.
BARBARA CORCORANMy mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there’s a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn’t like that very much.
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I’ve seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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The most effective way to build a brand is not by spending millions in advertising, but by finding a clever way to keep your name in the press.
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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.
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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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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it’s what goes on inside your own head
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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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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you’re quoted in the ‘Wall Street Journal,’ the ‘New York Times,’ constantly as the expert in the business people assume you’re a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.
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