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.
BARBARA CORCORANI 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.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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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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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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.
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No loan is free. The costs are in your loan somewhere, maybe rolled into the amount to be refinanced or even coming at a higher interest rate.
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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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I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
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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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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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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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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.
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Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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