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Barbara Corcoran

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Also known as Barbara Ann Corcoran

American real estate agent and investor

Person · Open Library

Born
1911
Works
72

Top works

  • Zero kara shuppatsu! Okanemochi ni naru tame no shinpuru rūru 24
  • My Wolf My Friend
  • Ask for Love and They Give You Rice Pudding
  • Abbie in Love
  • Abigail

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Canada
Active from
1949-02-10
canadafolkquebec

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
20
Total plays
58

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Quotes

  • “If you’re older and you’re letting that get in your way, simply look your best and put [your age] to the side,”
  • 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.”
  • 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.”
  • The concept of being “too old” to revamp your professional life is “increasingly outdated.” She advises her clients over 40 to “emphasize the value of their accumulated experience and the importance of continuous learning and adaptability.” Simply put, there are a plethora of qualities unique to seasoned professionals that they can bank on. That aside, wearing an outfit that makes you look energized is arguably the most important part of showing vitality,
  • “I looked at the average interest rate of the last 50 years in America and it was almost 8%. And yet people relatively are seeing our current interest rates as a lot of money,” “They’re really not. [Interest rates] are simply average.
  • They have peaked. Most people believe that,” Corcoran said. “But everyone is expecting the prices on mortgages to come down to 6% and maybe even lower than that.”

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