If you’ve got the money, you need people to make money with your money. And if you have the talent, you can always merchandise your talent to someone who’s got the money and make money. There’s two pieces to it: talent and money.
BARBARA CORCORANA whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of ‘curb appeal.’
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It’s about making them happy.
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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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If someone doesn’t fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you’re holding them back from excelling elsewhere.
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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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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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I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you’re quoted in the ‘Wall Street Journal,’ the ‘New York Times,’ constantly as the expert in the business people assume you’re a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.
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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 a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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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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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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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there’s a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn’t like that very much.
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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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