Barbara Corcoran
@BarbaraCorcoran
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NYC Real Estate Queen, Shark Tank Shark 🦈 and Host of "Business Unusual" and "888-Barbara" Podcast
New York City
Joined April 2009
The more critical you are of yourself . try approving of yourself and see what happens.
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Happy birthday to me! Hard to believe I'm 70 when I don't look a day over 30. But in all seriousness, I'm so thankful to be spending #70 with great family and friends around me.
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I don't know a single person who got rich by just saving their money.
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I’d rather be selling a dozen apples on a street corner than to work for someone else! I’d have complete freedom to choose my corner, open and close when I want, and sell my apples. Three cheers for the small business owners working their dream! #SmallBusinessSaturday #ShopSmall.
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There are only 2 women on Shark Tank, but together we've built more successful businesses than all the men combined!.
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Success is contagious! Hang out with people who dream big and are willing to work hard to get there. 12 seasons later and still going strong!
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Hang out with someone who dreams big and works really hard to get there. Success is contagious.
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Get away from negative people. Run for your life! They're like thieves in the night, quietly stealing your energy and your ability to get ahead.
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I’m finally back in the tank, baby! Hope you didn’t miss me too much. tune in to an all new @ABCSharkTank episode TONIGHT at 9|8c on ABC.
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When hiring, always choose attitude over experience. Always.
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I always hire attitude over experience. I can give someone experience, but I can't change a bad attitude.
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I always hire attitude over experience. You can give someone experience, but you can't change their attitude.
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Some of the worst entrepreneurs on Shark Tank have the best credentials. They often come from right schools and have fancy degrees. I put my money on the really street smart people who can think fast on their feet, because those are the people who make me a lot of money.
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Stay away from negative people. They're like thieves in the night, quietly stealing your energy.
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72 and still kicking! Happy birthday to me! (Who remembers my funeral themed 70th? I can’t wait until it’s safe to throw a party again!)
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I always hire attitude over experience. I can give someone experience, but I can't change a bad attitude.
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Don’t waste time feeling embarrassed. Nobody's watching and nobody gives a damn.
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I always hire attitude over experience. You can give someone experience, but you can't change their attitude.
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School is overrated. In the real world, your success is measured by what you can do.
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I stay away from negative people. They manage to kill any creative spark I might have in business and in life.
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You don’t need an MBA to launch a business. You need street smarts and grit.
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Get away from negative people. Run for your life! They're like thieves in the night, quietly stealing your energy and your ability to get ahead.
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The only way I know to start a business is to start it. You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going.
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You can get anything you want if you can get past fear.
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I'd rather have 1 excited worker with common sense than 100 big shots with fancy MBAs.
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Behind every overnight success is 10 years of persistence and sweating it out.
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The most valuable employee is the one that takes stress off their boss's plate.
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I stay away from negative people. They kill any creative spark I might have and take away my energy.
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Don't ever think yourself too old to try something you really want. It took me 8 years to have my first child at 46.
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You don't need an MBA to launch a business. What you need is street smarts and a lot of grit.
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If you surround yourself with capable and positive people, they will connect you with other capable and positive people.
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Attitude is 99% of everything. If you have the right attitude opportunity has a way of finding you.
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Negative people see a problem in every opportunity and positive people see opportunity in every problem.
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The most important lesson you WON'T learn in school is to get out there and try 100 things and get over the fact that 98 of them won't work!.
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You don't need an MBA to launch a business. What you need is street smarts and a lot of grit.
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I used to hate feeling embarrassed, but then I realized nobody's watching and nobody gives a damn!.
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You're crazy if you wait for a big opportunity. Every successful person I know simply solves problem after problem.
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If you want to build a successful business, hire happy people.
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I’d rather have 1 excited worker with common sense than 100 big shots with Harvard MBAs.
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Every successful person I know was willing to take a leap of faith in themselves.
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Nothing really good happens unless you surround yourself with good people. Good people make good things happen.
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The best time to take a risk is the moment you think about it, because if you sit & analyze it, you'll always conclude it's a stupid idea.
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Always over-prepare. No one can win against a person who is over-prepared.
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I stay away from negative people. They kill any creative spark I might have and take away my energy.
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I'd rather have one hard working, passionate person by my side than an army of people who are just showing up.
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I worked for 22 bosses before I started my own business. I liked the jobs, but I never liked having a boss.
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I'd choose street smarts over book smarts anyday. Most entrepreneurs can dream bigger than any business plan.
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Success is contagious. There's nothing more exciting than being with someone who dreams big and is working hard on getting there!.
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Attitude is 99% of everything. If you have the right attitude opportunity has a way of finding you.
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A strange thing happened when I was busy working my butt off for 30 years – I suddenly became successful.
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Mind your own business! Stop comparing yourself to everybody around you. If you’re minding someone else’s business, who is minding yours?.
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I’m used to struggling. And everything that I treasure most in life was a result of a huge struggle I had to overcome.
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I used to think I could change a miserable person but quickly learned to fire them. One miserable player on a team brings the whole team down.
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The most powerful way to build any relationship is to make someone feel valued by really listening.
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Attitude is 99.9 percent of everything. If you have an attitude that you will find an opportunity, you will find that opportunity.
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If you surround yourself with capable and positive people, they will connect you with other capable and positive people.
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It’s never too late to become what you might have been.
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I go out of my way to stay away from negative people. They don’t mean to do it, but they rob you blind, stealing your energy and your joy. I like to think I’m smarter than that.
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1 negative person on a team of 20 happy people brings the energy of the whole team down.
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Businesses that grow through crisis are led by resilient entrepreneurs.
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The regret of not trying something you dream about is far worse than failing at trying.
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Negativity is a blood sucking, poisonous, good-for-nothing weed that kills any creative spark you have in business and in life.
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Stop comparing yourself to everybody else. If you’re busy minding their business, who is minding yours?.
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I'd rather have one hard working, passionate person by my side than an army of people who are just showing up.
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Most of life is not about what happens to you, but how you chose to respond.
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You don't need to have an MBA to succeed to business. Street smarts and persistence will get you just as far.
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The longer you procrastinate, the less likely you are to do it. Find the courage to get it started and figure things out as you go.
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Accepting criticism is important. Compliments won’t propel you to greatness.
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I’ve never chased money, and I’ve always made plenty of it. The way I look at it, if you focus on doing an exceptional job, money finds you.
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The longer you procrastinate, the less likely you are to do it. Get started and I promise you'll figure it out as you go.
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The Sexiest Man Alive? You’ve got to be kidding! No doubt John Legend is a phenomenal musician, but I’ll tell you what makes a guy sexy- a fabulously chiseled face, eyes that communicate “I want you NOW!”, and a body that you can’t stop looking at. #ReVote.
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The best time to take a risk is the moment you think about it, because if you sit & analyze it, you'll always conclude it's a stupid idea.
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Don’t get cocky just because you’ve had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you’ve earned it.
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My biggest challenge in business was never my competition, it was what I said to myself inside my own head.
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It’s stupid to sit around thinking about what you should do next. If you go outside and get moving, all the good ideas will find you.
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You don’t need to be really smart to succeed in business. You just need to have the burning desire and be street smart enough to find people with the talents you don’t got.
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I’d rather have 1 excited worker with common sense than 100 big shots with Harvard MBAs.
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Negative people are like thieves in the night! They steal your energy and give you nothing back. Surround yourself with positive people!.
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I used to hate feeling embarrassed, but then I realized nobody's watching and nobody gives a damn!.
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Our new guest shark needs no introduction. #SharkTank .@ABCSharkTank @mcuban @kevinolearytv @TheSharkDaymond @LoriGreiner @SenSanders
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There's nothing more exciting than hanging out with someone who dreams big and is willing to work very hard to get there. Success is contagious.
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It's good to do well in school, but in the real world, you don't judge someone's intellegence by how well they did in school.
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The real challenge in business is never the competition. It's what goes on inside your head that always defeats you.
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The most powerful way to build any relationship and make someone feel valued is to listen. Open your ears!.
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If it bugs you to work for someone, chances are good you should be an entrepreneur.
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To succeed in business you must learn the art of saying NO.
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Never ignore your instincts. Your gut is the accumulation of everything you've learned so far.
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Most successful entrepreneurs started their business while keeping their day job, on just a wing and a prayer with little preparation.
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Success is contagious. There's nothing more exciting than being with someone who dreams big and is working hard on getting there!.
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I’ve never chased money, and I’ve always made plenty of it. The way I look at it, if you focus on doing an exceptional job, money finds you.
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Sometimes your worst enemy can be yourself. You’ll need to reprogram your brain with positive ideas and thoughts to replace the negative self-talk.
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Attitude is 99% of everything. If you have the right attitude opportunity has a way of finding you.
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The number one most important quality in an entrepreneur is the ability to get knocked down and not spend any time feeling sorry for yourself.
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The only way I know to start a business is to start it. You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going. #MondayMotivation.
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You don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going.
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The big difference between successful people and everyone else is the successful people take less time feeling sorry for themselves.
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The rumors are true! I'm thrilled to announce I will be on #DWTS this season with my handsome dance partner @keodancer!
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