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Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.

Barbara Corcoran

That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
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Fields Motivational Succeed
Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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Maximizing Minimizing Negative
Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
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Flavor Leadership Team Two
Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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Instinct Motivational Natural Underestimate
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
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 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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Motivation People Thinking
Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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Motivational People Sorry
Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
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Book People Smart
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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Differences Ideas Outside Play
Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
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Discovery Schemes
Figure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your “not to do” list. Post the list where you’ll see it.
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Effort Labels Past
If someone doesn’t fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you’re holding them back from excelling elsewhere.
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Company Fit Obligation
I’ve seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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Innovation Money More Simple
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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Feet Jobs People
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

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