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60 Barbara Corcoran Quotes That Will Help You Succeed
Successful entrepreneur, bestselling author, real estate guru and best known for being a “Shark” investor on Shark Tank – It’s safe to say that Barbara Corcoran knows what she is talking about when it comes to success.
With over 30 years of experience launching and running a successful real-estate company, the Corcoran Group, she is a highly experienced entrepreneur that has priceless advice on success, failure, motivation and everything else that will help you succeed as an entrepreneur.
I’ve put together 60 Barbara Corcoran Quotes that help you succeed. Please make sure you share this post to help others.
60 Barbara Corcoran Quotes
1. “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
2. “No one tells salesmen what they can and can’t do.” – Barbara Corcoran
3. “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
4. “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
5. “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
6. “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
7. “My best successes came on the heels of failure.” – Barbara Corcoran
8. “I think your worst weakness can become your greatest strength.” – Barbara Corcoran
9. “Leaders come in two flavors. Expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.” – Barbara Corcoran
10. “Forget about perfection; it doesn’t exist.” – Barbara Corcoran
11. “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
12. “I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.” – Barbara Corcoran
13. “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
14. “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 have other motivations that turn them on. And money was not one of mine.” – Barbara Corcoran
15. “If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately…it’s everything.” – Barbara Corcoran
16. “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
17. “If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you’ll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!” – Barbara Corcoran
18. “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.” – Barbara Corcoran
19. “Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct. Instinct is a lifesaver for sharks and entrepreneurs alike. Most people can recall times they ignored their gut only to regret it later. Learning to actually listen to your instinct is a great form of self-preservation. It’s both incredibly easy and tough at the same time, but worth the effort to master.” – Barbara Corcoran
20. “When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.” – Barbara Corcoran
21. “The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.” – Barbara Corcoran
22. “I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I’ll write down what my goals are for the next day; When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.” – Barbara Corcoran
23. “Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.” – Barbara Corcoran
24. “Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.” – Barbara Corcoran
25. “I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.” – Barbara Corcoran
26. “Confidence is overrated. It’s when we’re uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.” – Barbara Corcoran
27. “Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.” – Barbara Corcoran
28. “So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.” – Barbara Corcoran
29. “The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it’s what goes on inside your own head.” – Barbara Corcoran
30. “If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.” – Barbara Corcoran
31. “Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.” – Barbara Corcoran
32. “People imitate their leader. Lead by example.” – Barbara Corcoran
33. “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
34. “In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.” – Barbara Corcoran
35. “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
36. “Empathy for the people you’re working with and being aware of their needs…that’s the “big kahuna” in managing people.” – Barbara Corcoran
37. “Instead of assuming everything you’re being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions.” – Barbara Corcoran
38. “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
39. “Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they’ll determine 80 percent of your success.” – Barbara Corcoran
40. “The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.” – Barbara Corcoran
41. “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
42. “If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.” – Barbara Corcoran
43. “The power of publicity is more important than advertising.” – Barbara Corcoran
44. “Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.” – Barbara Corcoran
45. “Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.” – Barbara Corcoran
46. “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
47. “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
48. “When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.” – Barbara Corcoran
49. “Failure is my speciality.” – Barbara Corcoran
50. “Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.” – Barbara Corcoran
51. “Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.” – Barbara Corcoran
52. “If you want to be noticed, dress the part.” – Barbara Corcoran
53. “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
54. “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
55. “You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.” – Barbara Corcoran
56. “I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.” – Barbara Corcoran
57. “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
58. “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
59. “All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.” – Barbara Corcoran
60. “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
