Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.
BARBARA CORCORANI hadn’t learned to read by third grade, which wasn’t unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn’t see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn’t the least bit bothered – until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
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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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Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.
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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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I love myself. Anything that has my name I’m tickled to death.
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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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People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
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Always choose attitude over experience. Always.
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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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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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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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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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