I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.
BARBARA CORCORANEverybody thinks that they’re going to time the market, they’re going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.
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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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Empathy for the people you’re working with and being aware of their needs…that’s the “big kahuna” in managing people.
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I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I’ll write down what my goals are for the next day; When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.
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Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even?
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The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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If you want to be noticed, dress the part.
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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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I have found, whether you have a tiny business or a big business, if you don’t jump on something right away, it’s like a bird flying by-it flies off.
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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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