Barbara Corcoran Quotes & Sayings

Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves. — Barbara Corcoran

In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does. — Barbara Corcoran

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

Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They're almost like tangent lines - those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine. — Barbara Corcoran

A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest. — 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. — Barbara Corcoran

I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer. — Barbara Corcoran

Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even? — Barbara Corcoran

Always choose attitude over experience. Always. — Barbara Corcoran

Sometimes very successful people appear to be winging it, because they look so comfortable on their feet. But don't be fooled; there ain't no such thing. They just come across that way because they practiced so many times. — 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. — Barbara Corcoran

The productiveness of any meeting depends on the level of thought given to the agenda in advance, and you should never leave a meeting without writing a follow-up list with each item assigned to one person. And go outside. All the big ideas are on the outside. You'll never have a creative idea at your desk. — Barbara Corcoran

You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you're moving out. But it's demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don't have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters. — Barbara Corcoran

I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death. — Barbara Corcoran

You can't study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump. — Barbara Corcoran

Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure. — Barbara Corcoran

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! — Barbara Corcoran

If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too. — Barbara Corcoran

If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount. — Barbara Corcoran

I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans. — Barbara Corcoran

Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement. — Barbara Corcoran

People stayed with me and worked extra hard for me because I could see the potential in them - I'm not so sure they could see the potential in me. — Barbara Corcoran

When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee. — Barbara Corcoran

People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they're going to want to do business with you. And if they don't you're going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome. — Barbara Corcoran

If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately ... it's everything. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct. — Barbara Corcoran

What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that. — Barbara Corcoran

I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun. — Barbara Corcoran

Figure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your "not to do" list. Post the list where you'll see it. — Barbara Corcoran

In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand. — Barbara Corcoran

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! — Barbara Corcoran

The best mistake I ever made was believing that I was stupid. It was a childhood thing, but it played out big-time as an adult. It scorned me the rest of my life - in a good way. — Barbara Corcoran

If you want to be noticed, dress the part. — Barbara Corcoran

If you want to have a creative culture, you can't get it by reading books. You get it by example. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel. — Barbara Corcoran

Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

Failure is my specialty. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box. — Barbara Corcoran

Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it's there. — Barbara Corcoran

Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must! — Barbara Corcoran

A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

When you're building a business, you're either all in, or you're not. — Barbara Corcoran

My greatest strength as a child, I realize now, was my imagination. While every other kid was reading and writing, I had seven whole hours a day to practice my imagination. When do you get that space in your life, ever? — Barbara Corcoran

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 Corcoran

Instead of assuming everything you're being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions. — Barbara Corcoran

If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as 'new.' — Barbara Corcoran

Don't teach talent that isn't there. — Barbara Corcoran

Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box. — Barbara Corcoran

All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no. — Barbara Corcoran

The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend. — Barbara Corcoran

Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

My best successes came on the heels of failures. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time. — Barbara Corcoran

Become better at firing than hiring - it's crucial for building a business. — Barbara Corcoran

I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough. — Barbara Corcoran

The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that ... don't miss it. — Barbara Corcoran

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

It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

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 Corcoran

I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase. — Barbara Corcoran

Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi. — Barbara Corcoran

I think of my business and investments as extension of my family. — Barbara Corcoran

People imitate their leader. Lead by example. — Barbara Corcoran

Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business. — Barbara Corcoran

You steal the limelight, you steal the market share — Barbara Corcoran

Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries. — Barbara Corcoran

The power of publicity is more important than advertising. — Barbara Corcoran

Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it. — Barbara Corcoran

I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker. — Barbara Corcoran

I'm never in control of my time during the workday. — Barbara Corcoran

If you're having fun, you wind up innovating. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

Insecurity is a wonderful motivator. — Barbara Corcoran

No one tells salesmen what they can and can't do. — Barbara Corcoran

Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

Don't be afraid to go for positions, jobs or take on clients just outside of your knowledge base. It's when you're uncomfortable that you learn and grow the most. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

When you're in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it's a huge advantage. — Barbara Corcoran

Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field. — Barbara Corcoran

The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don't build 'wiggle room' into the asking price. There's a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go. — Barbara Corcoran

I don't invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don't have charisma. — Barbara Corcoran

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. — Barbara Corcoran

My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss. — Barbara Corcoran

The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head — Barbara Corcoran

Confidence is overrated. It's when we're uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most. — Barbara Corcoran