Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
BARBARA CORCORANTaking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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.
BARBARA CORCORANWhen you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
BARBARA CORCORANThe best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
BARBARA CORCORANRefinancing 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?
BARBARA CORCORANWhen you’re a big money earner and your husband isn’t, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or ‘Mrs. Higgins.
BARBARA CORCORANEverybody 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.
BARBARA CORCORANThe 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.’
BARBARA CORCORANEvery 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 CORCORANAlways choose attitude over experience. Always.
BARBARA CORCORANInstead of assuming everything you’re being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions.
BARBARA CORCORANI did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.
BARBARA CORCORANI love myself. Anything that has my name I’m tickled to death.
BARBARA CORCORANI have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
BARBARA CORCORANIf you want to be noticed, dress the part.
BARBARA CORCORANYour people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
BARBARA CORCORAN