People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they’re going to want to do business with you. And if they don’t you’re going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.
BARBARA CORCORANHome staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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Don’t get cocky just because you’ve had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you’ve earned it.
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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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If you want to be noticed, dress the part.
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You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you’re moving out. But it’s demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don’t have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.
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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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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it’s what goes on inside your own head
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Instead of assuming everything you’re being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions.
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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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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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Failure is my specialty.
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All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.
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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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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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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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