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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.

Barbara Corcoran

The most effective way to build a brand is not by spending millions in advertising, but by finding a clever way to keep your name in the press.
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Clever Names Way
The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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Billions Dollars Stories
The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it’s what goes on inside your own head
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Business Entrepreneur Thinking
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
A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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Estates Funny Real
The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
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Hobbies House Men
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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Believe Inspirational Mother
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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Mortgage Pay Retirement
I’m never in control of my time during the workday.
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Control During never Time Workday
When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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Building Business Success Work
The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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Advertising Important Publicity
If you want to have a creative culture, you can’t get it by reading books. You get it by example.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Book Creative Reading
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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Entrepreneur Hard Mom Times
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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Feminine Husband Wife
Buyers 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.
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Eight Home Shoes
People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Example Leader People

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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