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

Barbara Corcoran

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
If you want to be noticed, dress the part.
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Dress Motivational Want
If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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Fun Having Fun Wind
Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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Dollars Sharks Tales
The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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Justice Squares Wheels
Always choose attitude over experience. Always.
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Attitude Choices Motivational
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.
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Boss Business Jobs Two
Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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Home House Today
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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Clever Names Way
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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Amazing Kids Mother Woman
Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.
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Building Crucial Hiring
I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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Charisma Entrepreneur
If you want to have a creative culture, you can’t get it by reading books. You get it by example.
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Book Creative Reading
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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Balance Thinking Years
When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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Building Business Success Work
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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Differences Real Sorry
The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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Billions Dollars Stories
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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Creative Down Rivals Smarter Something
In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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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.
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Home War Winning
The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
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Hobbies House Men
Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.
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Lesson Talent Teach
Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they’ll determine 80 percent of your success.
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Determine People Percent
Empathy for the people you’re working with and being aware of their needs…that’s the “big kahuna” in managing people.
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Empathy Needs People
When you feel stuck and can’t seem to move ahead, always remember that you don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going!
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Moving Remember Stuck
If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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might People Winner
If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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Amount House Percent

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