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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it’s what goes on inside your own head

Barbara Corcoran

Don’t be afraid to go for positions, jobs or take on clients just outside of your knowledge base. It’s when you’re uncomfortable that you learn and grow the most.
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Business Jobs Learning
So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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Finish Good People Start
If you’ve got the money, you need people to make money with your money. And if you have the talent, you can always merchandise your talent to someone who’s got the money and make money. There’s two pieces to it: talent and money.
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Making Money People Talent
Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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Maximizing Minimizing Negative
Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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Dollars Sharks Tales
The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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Advertising Important Publicity
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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Boss Dog Jobs
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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All Best Past Rejected
If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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Amount House Percent
Always choose attitude over experience. Always.
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Attitude Choices Motivational
Refinancing doesn’t reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.
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Achieve Debt Want
Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.
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Insecurity Motivator Wonderful
If you want to be noticed, dress the part.
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Dress Motivational Want
I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
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Feet Jobs People
Instead of assuming everything you’re being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions.
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Asks Assuming Plenty
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.
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Company Fit Obligation

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