Barbara Corcoran
Barbara Corcoran
Barbara Ann Corcoranis an American businesswoman, investor, speaker, consultant, syndicated columnist, author, and television personality. As a television personality, she is a "Shark" investor on ABC's Shark Tank...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth10 March 1949
CityEdgewater, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
thinking years balance
I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
thinking my-family investment
I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.
thinking people house
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.
heart home thinking
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.
thinking matter bottom
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.
believe thinking weakness
I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
card female field ladder men owned owner ran time whatever women worked
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.
estate good life market near trying
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.
built business exactly family grew mother people ran
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.
believing best childhood good life mistake played rest scorned
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.
greatest hours kid life practice realize seven space strength
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?
tells
No one tells salesmen what they can and can't do.
hard people stayed worked
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.
stories dollars billions
The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.