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.
BARBARA CORCORANBuyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they’re interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately…it’s everything.
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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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That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
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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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I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.
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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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Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
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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.
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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It’s about making them happy.
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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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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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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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The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there’s a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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