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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.

Barbara Corcoran

Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They’re almost like tangent lines – those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine.
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Kids Motivational Real
I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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Agents Real Seven
I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
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Believe Thinking Weakness
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
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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Building Marketing Mom
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
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
Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.
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Insecurity Motivator Wonderful
Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even?
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Break Even Long Two
If you’ve got the money, you need people to make money with your money. And if you have the talent, you can always merchandise your talent to someone who’s got the money and make money. There’s two pieces to it: talent and money.
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Making Money People Talent
I’ve seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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Innovation Money More Simple
Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
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Beauty Contest Eight Great Lighting
Don’t be afraid to go for positions, jobs or take on clients just outside of your knowledge base. It’s when you’re uncomfortable that you learn and grow the most.
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Business Jobs Learning
The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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Advertising Important Publicity
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
If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as ‘new.’
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Four House Two

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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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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