404 - Will You Be Successful? Barbara Corcoran Reveals ‘The Tell’

The Marie Forleo Podcast

Marie Forleo

Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Barbara Cocoran's ex-husbnd loaned her $1,000 to start her real estate business... cheated on her with his secretery... then walked out the door screaming, "you'll never succeed without me!" She used those parting words as fuel - building a billion-dollar empire and transforming into one of the most renowned and successful business investors in the world. In Today's #MarieTV, Barbara reveals the truth about her time on Shark Tank, hard lessons about love and money, and how to break the glass ceiling with a bang.

WHAT'S COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 - How Barbara launched her first business with no money
02:55 - The "empty desk" strategy for reating insatiable demand
05:00 - How to bring in 10X more business by avoiding "lazy marketing"
05:55 - The simple, magical, profitable sales principle Barbara and Marie swear by
06:17 - Barbara's "puppy sale" technique that made her over $1M an HOUR - in a recession!
08:53 - When to trust your gut VS. do what "makes sense"
11:00 - The "pen vs. pencil" technique for hiring rockstar team members - FAST
14:00 - The most compassionate way to fire underperformers
18:50 - Why Barbara regretted selling her business - even with a $66M payout!
23:20 - The unexpected reason having no money make syou better at business
25:50 - Why Barbara refuses to make goals about money, status, or power
29:30 - The 3 traits someone MUST have for Barbara to invest in your business
32:40 - Barbara's "bully back a bully" technique that won her lawsuit against Donald Trump

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm Marie Forlejo and for the last 20 years I've helped millions of people
0:07.6	transform their businesses and lives.
0:10.3	If you're ready to make the difference you were born to make, get ready because this is the Marie
0:15.4	Forelio podcast.
0:19.4	He said to me going out the door, you'll never succeed without me. I call it FU fuel and I'm like
0:25.0	bullshit is the best fertilizer. You sold for 66 million. I was able to make over a
0:29.3	million dollars in one hour flat. If you don't buy into this lesson, you're never going to be a great
0:34.0	boss and that is.
0:37.0	Barbara Corkin's credits include straight D's in high school and college and 20 jobs by the
0:41.4	time she was 23.
0:43.0	But it was her next job that changed everything.
0:46.0	She borrowed a thousand bucks and quit her job as a waitress
0:49.0	to start a tiny real estate company in New York City
0:51.0	called the Corcoran Group, which she grew to become the largest
0:55.0	best known brand in the business. Barbara is the author of the bestseller Shark Tales
0:59.6	How I Turned a thousand dollars into a billion dollar business and hosts a podcast called Business Unusual with Barbara
1:06.7	Corcoran. For over 11 seasons now, Barbara has been on the Emmy Award winning show, Shark Tank,
1:11.9	investing in well over 100 businesses.
1:15.0	Barbara, thank you so much for making time to be here.
1:18.6	I adore you.
1:20.2	I respect you.
1:20.9	I admire your book.
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