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.
BARBARA CORCORANI 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.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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The worst that could happen is I lose my company and go back to being a waitress. I don’t think money’s a great aspiration for a lot of people that succeed. They they have other motivations that turn them on. And money was not one of mine.
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Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
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I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
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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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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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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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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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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I’m not saying that’s the only calling card, but it’s a whole crayon box.
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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of ‘curb appeal.’
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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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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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Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
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I’m never in control of my time during the workday.
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My mother’s genius was to put her finger on the gifts she saw in each of us, and make every one of us believe that that gift was uniquely ours.
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