{"id":397,"date":"2015-02-14T17:57:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T17:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?p=397"},"modified":"2015-02-14T18:01:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T18:01:24","slug":"barbara-corcoran-the-benefits-of-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/barbara-corcoran-the-benefits-of-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Corcoran | The Benefits of Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script height=\"450px\" width=\"800px\" src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/iframe.js#ec=80b2RqZzqXfHTYay6krEqnsyh1ZCPjWW&#038;pbid=6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So what makes a great salesperson? \u00a0According to Barbara Corcoran, having something to prove can be the difference between success and failure. \u00a0Barbara is known for her building a real estate empire worth millions and starring on NBC&#8217;s Shark Tank. \u00a0In this interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/\">Business Insider<\/a>, Barbara explains how she would pitch her business if she were on Shark Tank and what makes a great salesperson.<\/p>\n<p>According to Barbara, it is the people who work smarter, not harder, that make the most sales. \u00a0She describes some of her hardest workers as being her least successful. \u00a0So what does work? \u00a0Barbara believes a chip-on-your-shoulder can give a person the edge that they need. \u00a0This is present in the field of entrepreneurship as well. \u00a0The need to prove one&#8217;s self (or at least prove someone else wrong) is the motivation they need to get them through the tough times of founding a startup. \u00a0It is proven that telling other people your goals makes you more likely to achieve your goals. \u00a0Perhaps the best salesperson, is one who has been told they will never be successful and must prove to themselves and those around them that they can? \u00a0Next time you set a goal, tell people about it and then tell yourself that no matter what happens or what people say you will achieve it. \u00a0I am not advocating for purposefully creating your own insecurities but I think if we are honest with ourselves we all have a fear of failure to some extent. \u00a0So do what scares you and pursue with the intention of proving that you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So what makes a great salesperson? \u00a0According to Barbara Corcoran, having something to prove can be the difference between success and failure. \u00a0Barbara is known for her building a real estate empire worth millions and starring on NBC&#8217;s Shark Tank. \u00a0In this interview with Business Insider, Barbara explains how she would pitch her business if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions\/401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}