If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately…it’s everything.
BARBARA CORCORANAlways choose attitude over experience. Always.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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I’ve never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn’t want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn’t want a boss.
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I’m never in control of my time during the workday.
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My mother’s genius was to put her finger on the gifts she saw in each of us, and make every one of us believe that that gift was uniquely ours.
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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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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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 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 don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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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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The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don’t build ‘wiggle room’ into the asking price. There’s a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.
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In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.
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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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