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 you want to have a creative culture, you can’t get it by reading books. You get it by example.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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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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.
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If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately…it’s everything.
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Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.
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I love myself. Anything that has my name I’m tickled to death.
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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.
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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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A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.
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I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.
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Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.
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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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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.
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