Barbara Corcoran Quotes

You don’t need an MBA to launch a business. You need street smarts and grit.

You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump

Play what you’ve got and don’t waste time worrying about what you don’t.

My best successes came on the heels of failure.

“You’re much better off buying something now if you can,” Corcoran said, adding that this gives you a chip in the game compared to those attempting to wait out the market.

When you think you’re failing, you feel like people are watching you. I found that nobody is watching and all they care about is themselves.

Procrastination is the enemy of success and the guilt of not doing something always steals your energy.

Everyone recognizes and responds well to people who act like themselves. You don’t have to be fancy, you just have to be yourself.

Just make sure you really dress up and look the part of somebody energized, ” she said. “That’s the way you should be conducting your interview — from a place of energy.”

I hire many people that are older … and they have so much more wisdom.” Corcoran said. “There’s no circumstance that they run into that they haven’t seen before and have a solution for. So you take a lot less training, you have a lot more life experience and judgment.”

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

When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.

Forget about perfection; it doesn’t exist.

Leaders come in two flavors. Expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.

Always choose attitude over experience. Always.