The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
BARBARA CORCORANEspecially if you’re over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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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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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 don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
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If you want to be noticed, dress the part.
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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
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Take some time to sit down and figure out how your big rival is promoting their brand and plan something smarter and more creative for yours!
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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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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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