I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you’re quoted in the ‘Wall Street Journal,’ the ‘New York Times,’ constantly as the expert in the business people assume you’re a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.
BARBARA CORCORANTake some time to sit down and figure out how your big rival is promoting their brand and plan something smarter and more creative for yours!
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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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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When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
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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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My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.
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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 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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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
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