The difference between the real winners is how long they take to feel sorry for themselves. My winners feel it… but they come back up and say ‘hit me again.’
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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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
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If you want to be noticed, dress the part.
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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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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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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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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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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 hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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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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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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Always choose attitude over experience. Always.
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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.
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Take 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!
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Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.
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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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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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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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In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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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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Failure is my specialty.
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People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
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I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.
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