The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
BARBARA CORCORANWhen you’re a big money earner and your husband isn’t, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or ‘Mrs. Higgins.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.
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Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.
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Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.
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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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Confidence is overrated. It’s when we’re uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
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You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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My 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.
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Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.
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If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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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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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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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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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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In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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