My best successes came on the heels of failures.
BARBARA CORCORAN
Don’t get cocky just because you’ve had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you’ve earned it.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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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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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of ‘curb appeal.’
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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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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It’s about making them happy.
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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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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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I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% – still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.
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The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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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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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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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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I love myself. Anything that has my name I’m tickled to death.
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