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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.

Barbara Corcoran

The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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Billions Dollars Stories
Everybody thinks that they’re going to time the market, they’re going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.
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Bottom Matter Thinking
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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Cost Interest Loan
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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Building Marketing Mom
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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Effort Labels Past
Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they’ll determine 80 percent of your success.
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Determine People Percent
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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Kids Reading School
Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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Creativity Innovation Running
In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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Entrepreneur Motivational Waiting
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
When you feel stuck and can’t seem to move ahead, always remember that you don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going!
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Moving Remember Stuck
Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
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Believe Motivational Opportunity
The worst that could happen is I lose my company and go back to being a waitress. I don’t think money’s a great aspiration for a lot of people that succeed. They they have other motivations that turn them on. And money was not one of mine.
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Motivation People Thinking
I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it’s a phantom chase.
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Balance Thinking Years
If you want to have a creative culture, you can’t get it by reading books. You get it by example.
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Book Creative Reading
People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they’re going to want to do business with you. And if they don’t you’re going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.
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Motivational Overcome People

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