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I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.

Barbara Corcoran

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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Entrepreneur Hard Mom Times
In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
BARBARA CORCORAN

City Country Earth Mouth
The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don’t build ‘wiggle room’ into the asking price. There’s a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Home War Winning
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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Able Real Stars
Especially if you’re over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Mortgage Pay Retirement
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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Boss Business Jobs Two
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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Home Husband Strong
Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they’re interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Eight Home Shoes
If you want to have a creative culture, you can’t get it by reading books. You get it by example.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Book Creative Reading
I have found, whether you have a tiny business or a big business, if you don’t jump on something right away, it’s like a bird flying by-it flies off.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Bird Flying Tiny
Empathy for the people you’re working with and being aware of their needs…that’s the “big kahuna” in managing people.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Empathy Needs People
I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Charisma Entrepreneur
I’m never in control of my time during the workday.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Control During never Time Workday
Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Building Crucial Hiring
Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Home House Today
Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Discovery Schemes

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