Barbara Ann Corcoran is an American businesswoman, investor, speaker, consultant, syndicated columnist, author, and television personality.

She is the founder of Corcoran group, Barbara Corcoran Inc. and Forefront Venture Partners. Her present net worth is US$ 80 million.

Key Highlights from Barbara Corcoran's Life

Barbara Corcoran was born on 10th of March 1949 in Edgewater, New Jersey. Presently, she lives in Manhattan with her husband Bill Higgins and two kids. She graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College, with a degree in education.

After that, in the year 1971, she started her career as a teacher in a school and continued for a year. But she soon left it and started doing various jobs, which included renting apartments in New York City.

She wanted to be her own boss. So, she decided to set up a real estate business with her boyfriend Corcoran-Simone. After splitting up with him, Barbara formed her own firm, The Corcoran Group. This was the turning point in her career. In the 1970s, she also began publishing The Corcoran Report, which covered the real estate data trends in New York City.

In 2001, Barbara sold her business to NRT Incorporated for $ 66 million. After that, she started investing in businesses. As a television personality, she is a “Shark” investor on ABC’s Shark Tank and has invested in more than twenty businesses till date.

She is also a real estate contributor to NBC’s ‘Today’ show She is a columnist in ‘More Magazine’, ‘The Daily Review’ and ‘Redbook’ and writes weekly in ‘New York Daily News’. She has written several books and has also been featured in various television shows like ‘Larry King Live’ and hosts ‘The Millionaire Broker’ in CNBC.

Barbara Corcoran Quotes That Speak Volumes

As a self-dependent and self-built woman, she inspires many ladies as well as men to be their own boss. She also tweets many quotes in relation to her real-life experiences, her journey to success and business growth.

Here are 21 of the best Barbara Corcoran quotes, which will help you fight through your failures:

Key Highlights from Barbara Corcoran's Life

Barbara Corcoran Quotes That Speak Volumes

1. Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.

2. A complainer is like a death eater because there’s a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.

3. The difference between successful people and others is how long they feel sorry for themselves.

4. Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.

5. Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression and depression breeds failure.

6. Always choose attitude over experience. Always.

7. My best success came on the heels of failure.

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

9. The biggest challenge in business is not competition, it’s what goes on inside your head.

10. When it comes to hiring, the best people are honest plus have lots of enthusiasm. I don’t care about resume - the right attitude always wins.

11. 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.

12. You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going.

13. 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!

14. Some of the worst pitches here are the people who talk all fancy who’ve been to business school.

15. I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.

16. Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

17. Everybody has something they excel at. You need to figure out what yours is and build a life around it.

18. Fun is the most underutilized tool in business today. Happy people always make good employees.

19. The hardest part is taking the first step. After that, the direction is set, and forward momentum helps you all along the way.

20. The best business partners have opposite strengths. I chose my partner because she was brilliant where I was terrible. Together we built a huge business.

21. Most wildly successful entrepreneurs are simply getting over early adversity in life.

21 Barbara Corcoran Quotes That Dictate Rude Rules For Businesses And Startups