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 CORCORANIf a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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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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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Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They’re almost like tangent lines – those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.
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Figure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your “not to do” list. Post the list where you’ll see it.
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I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.
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Confidence is overrated. It’s when we’re uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
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That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
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I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I’ll write down what my goals are for the next day; When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.
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When 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.
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Refinancing doesn’t reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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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.
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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
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