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Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they'll determine 80 percent of your success.
The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
Confidence is overrated. It's when we're uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately...it's everything.
I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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.
Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.
Empathy for the people you're working with and being aware of their needs...that's the "big kahuna" in managing people.
I've seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.
Figure out what past efforts amounted to nothing and label them your "not to do" list. Post the list where you'll see it.
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.'
Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
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.
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!
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.
A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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.
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!
I've never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.