My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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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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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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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I 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.
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I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.
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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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You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it’s a phantom chase.
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The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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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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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.
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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.
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If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you’ll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!
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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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