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'Shark Tank' Shark Barbara Corcoran's Most Valuable Lessons About People and Money Real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran breaks down some of the most valuable lessons she's learned about people and money during her career.

By David Meltzer

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On this episode of The Playbook, Barbara Corcoran — real estate mogul, Shark Tank shark and host of two podcasts, Business Unusual and 888-Barbara — shares her insights on:

  • The freedom that comes with having nowhere to go but up [2:56].
  • Why her goals were never about making money, but instead about focusing on how far she could go [9:17].
  • How being a "loser" in school helped her build the skills she's leveraged for success in business [12:51].
  • Her two best strategies to make the most of every day [14:56].

Related: This Medal of Honor Recipient Explains the Importance of Putting Your Pride to the Side

David Meltzer

Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing, Speaker, Author and Business Coach

David Meltzer, co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and host of Entrepreneur's podcast, “The Playbook”, is a Top 100 Business Coach, global public speaker and three-time international best-selling author who has been honored by Variety as “Sports Humanitarian of the Year”.

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