Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they’ll determine 80 percent of your success.
BARBARA CORCORANAlways choose attitude over experience. Always.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
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That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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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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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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Confidence is overrated. It’s when we’re uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
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I love myself. Anything that has my name I’m tickled to death.
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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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All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.
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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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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There’s no way I can control him. I wouldn’t stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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I’m never in control of my time during the workday.
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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
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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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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I’m not saying that’s the only calling card, but it’s a whole crayon box.
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My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.
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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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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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