Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
BARBARA CORCORANInsecurity is a wonderful motivator.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.
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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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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 I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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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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When you’re a big money earner and your husband isn’t, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or ‘Mrs. Higgins.
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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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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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Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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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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That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
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Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.
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I’ve seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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