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.
BARBARA CORCORANAlways choose attitude over experience. Always.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you’re moving out. But it’s demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don’t have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.
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Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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If you want to be noticed, dress the part.
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Especially if you’re over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
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Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.
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Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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Figure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your “not to do” list. Post the list where you’ll see it.
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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 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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Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
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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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Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they’ll determine 80 percent of your success.
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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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