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No the interview was too short. What a woman!! This was by far the best interview I have ever seen. She addressed absolutely every hurdle I had to speed jump over . Love from South Africa

I love how real she is, unapologetically herself

Barbara is an absolute beast of a human. I mean this in the best way. She's tenacious, disciplined, determined, and passionate about making shit happen. What an absolute pleasure to listen to her speak this openly and I find so much inspiration from her.

This woman is beyond amazing. And definitely the boss everyone wants to have. Proof filthy rich people can still be kind and care about their employees. Love Barbara!

As a salesperson, I was always scared to go into sales because I had a lifelong fear of numbers including counting money or calculating profits quickly. I was not the best at math so hearing Barbara openly say that she doesn't excel either is super encouraging! Since I've been in sales, I've strengthened my quick-math skills and basically rewrote the story I've been telling myself for years.

“They are blind. It’s like competing with blind people”. This is sooooo powerful about the edge of competing with people that underestimate you. “You work for the people who work for you.”. The only thing better than growing poor. Is growing up damaged”. That made me cry. Woweee. Fantastic interview. I will watch this again. Thank you Barbara and Steve!

This woman is amazing! I’ve watched many of your episodes but this was by far one of my favourites! What a woman!

The school part got me... I've failed in school exams and still managed to scrape a degree. Then I found out I have ADHD and now I've got 3 businesses at the age of 25. If you're going through tough times, don't give up! Sooner or later you will get there! Just enjoy the ride (while you can).

You're one of the best interviewer I've seen, great job asking good questions and letting your awesome guests speak without interrupting them. Thank you.

She is the coolest lady. The charisma, the attitude, the confidence, the heart. I admire her talent. Also, anyone that can wear a white suit and not get it dirty, that's really saying something. Great interview, great guest!

I never leave comments on UKposts, but I had to do it on this video. I absolutely love Barbara! In my opinion, she is the best Shark on Shark Tank. She is so honest, funny, unapologetically her, and knows her strengths/weaknesses. What a powerful and inspirational woman. I love her! This was an amazing interview. Thank you for sharing!

What a phenomenal woman! So driven, eloquent, and self aware.

Wow, Barbara is my new favourite guest of yours so far! What an inspirational women. As someone who's not long started their own business, I completely relate to the enjoying being in charge and being your own boss. I loved what Barbara said about not complaining or playing the victim, and simply just to keep picking yourself up and looking for new opportunities. This is an episode I'll definitely be re-visiting time and time again! Great job Steve!!

The most successful leaders are not good at numbers, they are exceptional at people! I felt that, thanks Barbara!

One thing I took away from her is how positive she is when she looks back at her pasts - that must’ve been challenging or sad. And Lord! I can relate so hard with most of the things she spoke about. What a phenomenal woman!

I love this session. 59 in 2 weeks. A snall business woman. A quiet girl unheard but I was an A+ student. Working since 10 years old baby sitting. Camp counselor thru my teens. Waitress at Twin Donuts. Omg. She's so on point. Struggling as a youth helps you fibd yourself.

She was practicing positive psychology, investing in employees character strengths, and trusted her intuition and encouraging nature. And fun! They are just figuring this out through research. Icon!

Such a newfound respect for Barbara after this. Unapologetically herself that embraces her flaws and turns them into attributes. Bravo.

This has been my favourite CEO interview. Barbara actually made me cry. She came across as so strong and so genuine. It’s always refreshing to be around a person who doesn’t BS and has so much wisdom. She also reminded me of my primary school headmistress who no one messed with but also if she said you’d done well she really meant it. Wish I could meet Barbara in person. Hope I get that chance one day. Thank you for doing this interview.

She is literally describing me!!! It feels so good. I'm terrible at sales and so many aspects of a business. I was starting to think I can't have my own company at 50. But I'm great at people and streamlining. I was an amazing boss.

I should have listened to this episode much sooner! An incredible, strong but kind, inspirational and wise lady! My fav part - removing negative people from your team and life. Plus Fridays now have a whole new meaning ;-) Thank you SO much for this episode! Just what I needed!

Fantastic interview. At age 68, and still working, I really needed to hear this. I appreciate the great questions and Barbara’s willingness to answer them with candor and vulnerability.

I love how candid she is. Some of the answers might be viewed as 'cold' at first breath on their own, but she is so earnest and sincere I absolutely love it!

She is incredible and so humble. This was a fantastic interview.

Barbara is my new role model. So much she said resonated w me so deeply. Thank you for bringing so many dynamic guests and being a truly brilliant interviewer.

This was the shortest episode ever. I didn't want it to end.

Yea Navy federal gave me a really high limit. I applied and was denied at first so I got a *VRI TOKEN* , and I was approved for a capital one. The limit was so small lol but I took it and worked on it. Because if that it helped my credit and I believe that’s what made me finally get approved for navy fed with such a high limit. they're still working on increasing the capital one since it was so low. All in all I’m satisfied.

I dunno… I was one of those people that didn’t care about a credit score, didn’t get any education about how important your credit score is, and I racked up debt like an idiot. I worked really hard and educated myself and I’ve brought my credit score from 480 to 732 and I’m still going up with *VRI TOKEN* . I feel like the government blaming credit reporting companies instead of the lack of financial education in their own public education system is foolish.

I love Barbara! She has such a sincere and genuine vibe. Having her as a friend must be a great blessing!

I have loved this woman a long time, full of old school gems. As a woman, its hard to get both respect and have people still like you at the same time, She's nailed the formula. I so wish I could have her as a mentor.

I've always loved Barbara and this just reinforced how much I like her. This was a GREAT interview. The time went by so fast. I could have listened for a lot longer.

This is the best show yet. The up-from-the-bottom spirit, the wonderful candor, the business insights that go beyond tactics and strategy to the human aspects, people management, team building, and so on. An absolute gem of an interview. I love her.

She exfolitated a bunch of preconceived ideas I had about what makes a good business person and my own shame around being bad at maths. Brilliant, talented, kind woman - thank you for interviewing her! Helpful and so appreciated as all your shows are.

There has to be another interview with her 😭 I absolutely loved this interview and I never watch such long interviews, i didnt want this one to end!! You’re a great interviewer Steve because you prompt people in a way that they open up and you gave them the space to keep talking instead of just listening to your own voice like many other people out there.

When referencing corporate America, he said “They don’t really care about you as they make it seem” realest thing he said...I’ve seen experienced it first hand in the DMV. Black ppl aren’t really respected in corporate America. Glad that he was able to get out of there and become his own boss *VRI TOKEN*

VERY well done ! I say this with 40+ years in mortgage finance & banking working with credit bureaus. Different models and parameters are used by different industries but *VRI TOKEN* info is pretty much universal. If you're trying to max your credit scores, there is a happy medium between too many credit cards and none. Too many cards with zero balnce may actually hurt you in some cases. Even if you do not use them, you have a potential. To always pay cash & still have cards doesn't help your scores as well

13:28 going out of bus speech 17:44 her secret to sucess 20:00 how she relaxes 22:00 she views multiple job experiences as valuable. 23:06 experience as waitress. 26:00 she inpatient 28:40 people skills 30:00 she loved being a boss 43:00 kurosai & 45:00 . 49:00 method for dealing with negative people 1:05:00 department head (Sky & GF)

Barbara is AMAZING! Im going to watch this for a second time and take notes! She's totally relatable. What she says about poor kids and rich kids is bang on. I dated 2 guys who came from money! Clueless about sacrifice, humility and delayed gratification. I remember him telling me that a house is just a box, as he had inherited money for a property. Then borrowed money from his dad to buy a second property to live off the passive income.He didn't understand risk. He missed out on the whole process of what it takes to save and buy a property. He didn't understand HOW I came up to wanting to pay the mortgage off being a freelance performer - getting rid of risk. Different world.

Barbara is an amazing woman. Her honesty and drive to always learn, even as a server, etc is truly appreciated and inspirational. The world needs more of her asap!

I love her. I relate to her in so many ways. I hate authority. Highly thinking of starting my own business. I stay in my head. I have to just DO IT. She’s inspirational and I admire her

This is my forth interview in, no idea how this channel got recommended to me but I'm so glad it did, completely addicted. Thank you for bringing such increasingly interesting content.

Negative people are thieves, so true !! They steal your energy. Excellent interview.👍👍👍

One of my fav interviews ever… No matter where you are at, I’m business or not, Barbara can help you better understand yourself and where you gotta go (and how) because she is so candid, surprisingly down to earth, and full of realness - good strong values and a solid sense of self awareness. Big love to Barbara ❤️

I am loving barbara!! She is making being a CEO so simple, it's just how you treat people!!

This episode with Barbara was simply fabulous, this is how I actually found your channel. She is definitely quite the business woman I loved every minute of this episode. Thank you.

My heart sank when I saw this come up in my feed. Why would I want to listen to a rich, well-established New York estate agent with perfect teeth? And then the next hour or so just shot by. What a wonderful woman, and such a pleasure to see you bringing out the full richness of her personality and wisdom (and her appreciating how good you are at this!).

New follower. I love that you do your research and you listen to them instead of steering your interviews in any one direction. I love Barbara. I've never met her, but hope to one day. She seems like a kind, genuine, and great woman. She deserves the success she's had.

Loved this interview. Barbara is so valuable with her priceless experience. She was so open to all questions and very generous with information. Excellent interview. Thank you.

She was GREAT. Such a well-rounded guest. Content - Broad and Interesting Character - Engaging Inspiration - Full!

My first 2023 inspirational video. As a woman in her 50s a full time employee and a hustler, I know I will never walk in the grounds that Barbara has walked on, but this interview has truly woken me up…I will keep moving and working on it. Hoping to be a millionaire again before I turn 60… because I was once a millionaire 🎉

SHE is epic!!! I’ve watched hundred of hours of interviews and this by far has given me more insight than many others combined. Cheers to her journey & your platform. This was life altering.

I could listen to Barbara all day. She is simply amazing❣

Every time I think I’ve seen the best, you guys bring on more amazing people! My new favorite installment fr!👏🏾👏🏾

My favorite guest to day 😁 so transparent, easygoing, charming and eager to share all her tips and tricks.

Love this interview. Barbara is an amazing woman and very successful, how can you not but admire her?

This woman's book was foundational to me, the first financial book I read as a young adult in my 20's, It put me on the path to begin to consider the money messages I grew up with, and to decipher them. I began putting my affairs in order (and arranging my bills neatly in my wallet) haven't stopped considering money and finance since.

Eye opening!!! So many takeaways from her as a child w/ learning difficulties, young waitress, overcoming her boyfriend, running off with her assistant of seven years to using that comment from the ex to takeoff 🚀 to superstardom!! Such an inspiring 🦈 my absolute favorite!! 🥰Thank you!

I watched this on Spotify but I had to come here just to write a comment. Thank you so much for the wisdom and value you share freely through this podcast and asking the right questions that leaves the listeners with a satisfaction like they were having that conversation. Barbara is by a mile my favoirite guest so far😁

Met her in a Starbucks in NYC, and only mumbled seeing the back of her head by itself, the beauty of her hairstyle. She turned around abd, having both placed our orders, she took me aside to chat. I respect her privacy however she saud what she dud in front of at least 20 tightly packed-together people. She had assumed I’d known the “hair” was not her own though it was” ethically” obtained real hair. Her wig looked utterly natural and like her own hair. HERE, years later I imagine this is her own hair and I’m so glad she got through cancer… she had somehow assumed I too had cancer (I am not sure why;I was very thin?). She gave me her card, after advising me where to obtain wigs in a variety if price ranges (acknowledging hers was the best they make (sell)). She wrote at least two additional cellphone #s on her card, and told me to call her ANYTIME, even if I felt truly bad at 3 am. I recognized her as a semi-public figure by her face once she’d turned it to face me, then recognized the name on the business card. She was so unconcerned about what I might do for her, indeed helping ME seemed to be satisfying to her so I never dus loses “I don’t actually have cancer, in early stages,…” but of course I took her card and gave her many thanks. It seemed most important to let her do a good deed (and likely still have her card if I need a wig or a chat). I just thanked her for being so kind. She’s SO genuine, it blew me away to think “THIS” is the competitive “shark” people call her? Good for her! She is not the usual purely venal, self involved business person I meet- she’s tremendously persistent and successful, almost enough to make me briefly think “life is fair. It isn’t, but we can be fair by choice to one another. Splendid.

This CD is very calming ukposts.infoUgkxzpa8CIfZcihW4Z0F_ja0QF3W9KIatrsq the first meditation focuses on breathing, the second guides you through the Buddhist metta bhavana--loving kindness to all, and the third is a meditation to be used when walking. him is originally from Scotland, so there is a little accent to his voice, but it is very soothing and not at all distracting. If you are a beginner to meditation, this CD will walk you through all the steps of relaxing and breathing as well as sending out the positive thoughts of love and kindness that will be returned to you. We have several CD's, but this one is a favorite that we choose most often.

This has to be one of my favourites so far, what an inspirational, funny woman. I had never heard of her before but she was so warm and just how a good boss should be. My favourite quote of hers was something along the lines of "if their parents couldn't make them smile then neither can I" 😂😂😂

WOW!! what an inspiring role model. Please bring her back for an second interview Steven. Truly enjoyed. Thank you

love the podcast bro! You're doing excellent work and the guests are amazing ! Keep it up 🙌🏾

Wonderful to hear Barbara's story. I remember seeing the huge "Corcoran" ads among the other power brokers in the NYT, and had no idea there was a little woman behind all of that! Amazing accomplishments, especially in that gritty city! Thank you for this great interview! 💎💖

Favourite episode so far... Barbara is amazing! The podcast is really taking on a unique identity- the depth of questions, the level of research and its own traditions! Fantastic

I love this conversation! So many wonderful nuggets of wisdom I want to watch it again and take notes! ❤

This reached me on so many levels. Seeing the realism, the straightforward honest answers. Highs and lows Being honest about dyslexia and how misunderstood it is Just brilliant 👏

Interesting consideration, have to consider digital land probably won't function like physical land obviously but I see application. The issue right now is no one can foresee where this space is heading. Metaverse is an obvious choice in purchasing land as it's backed by FB but when I bought my VR headset a lot of people didn't want to have any association with FB like having to create an account to access their VR profile. I think if fears of future pandemics persist people will be more willing to stay home and interact on VR for shopping and social events, not to mention viewing events in other countries without the costs of flying, etc. There's a lot of potential and opportunity to integrate with cryptocurrency when you deal with the right source like *VRI TOKEN* but there's probably a long way until a platform exists for it.

Such an incredible woman, absolutely inspirational to say the least, saving this episode, thank you steve! Love from Jamaica

Just loved this interview, Barbara is far more interesting than I initially expected (from only seeing Shark Tank), a total badass yet lovely grounded person. She dropped so many solid nuggets of damn good simple advice, really left me thinking. Thank you for this!

I love her! Hard as nails, soft, brutally honest, funny, kind and feminine, all at the same time. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️❤️

Wow. I had never seen an interview w Barbara. At only 12 min. In, I loved it and also felt her understandings. Excited to have stumbled across this. I will def. hear it occasionally. Thanks for sharing the interview w us, and for thanks for sitting for it, Barbara. It was very informative information, and great insight into yourself and facets of being an entrepraneur!!!

1st time to watch this channel and so glad I did! That was a really interesting and enjoyable interview to watch! Cheers to both Barbara and you.

Wonderful interview! Honest, open, inspirational, charming, funny and direct. Thank you!

What a great interview! Enjoyed it so much! Loved these points Barbara made: 1) Passion is overrated and she looks for commitment, drive, and ambition. 2) Getting rid of negative people quickly in her company because they suck energy. 3) She hates chronic complainers. Her mom did not tolerate complainers. 4) Barbara made sure she utilized her employee's gifts well, such as changing her employee's job into doing ads for her because she was better at it. She didn't say it, but she made sure that employee stayed at her company and got paid to do what she was good at.

Unexpectedly thoroughly enjoyed this interview, what a great conversation. I love the way she responded to your obviously well researched questions, and her humour was fabulous. Thankyou 💖

This conversation illustrates what science confirms: Having good parents who raise good kids can save the world 🌎💗

Steve, your interview questions are spot on. Another brilliant episode!

This is one of the best interviews I’ve heard I absolutely LOVE her!!!!! I freaking love her soooo much xx ❤❤❤❤ thanks for all you do Barbara

I think I could really use more guidance to navigate the market, it is completely overwhelming. I've bought stocks picks this year but I'm still unable to make profit. However, a few investors I read about were able to make profits of upto $500,000 in 3months, so am I doing something wrong? I've liquidated most of my assets and I could really use some advice on what best to invest into.

I've watched so many of your podcasts and they are all great. Seriously. But this one hit home coz I'm a Kenyan woman trying my hand at entrepreneurship after decades of being employed. The transition is HARD. But the joy of being my own boss is motivation enough to keep me going. I'm still a solopreneur and working towards getting my first employee after covid, most likely in 2023. Had to let go my pre-covid employee after covid shut us down!

I think this is my favourite episode of yours so far. Please have Barbara back on! I so needed to see this interview ❤ much love! 'Taking the blame even when you weren't to blame'; 'don't be a victim'; 'don't complain' and my favourite - 'remove the complainers'; 'just get up and you can find some shit that you can do something with, just get up.' What a legend!

Thank you for this episode. Really had an impact on me and reminded me that I was fired by every woman I ever worked for, and eventually started my own business. Treat people kindly. And especially competitors, treat them kindly as well even though they hate you and want to bury you. Be the positive essence you started with. The world is harsh. Know yourself and keep going.

It's okay if they don't agree with this type of investing, many of us do agree. I have 20 positions in high growth stocks. I'm getting 15 dividend pay checks, however I'm up 125 % this year. About $650k this yr, good dividend paying portfolio, although I use an F.A so buy as much as you can and wait for the rebound. Only the brave gets rewarded in these times!

This was an amazing interview. Please have a follow-up with her in a few years! This was a very timely interview for me and came at the right point in my life. She inspires me to be better, not to be a victim, and to get back up when life knocks me down.

I've been in contact with a coach Rodger Michael Karl for a while now mainly because I lack the depth knowledge and mental fortitude to deal with these recurring market conditions. I made over $220K during this dip, which made it clear there's more to the market than we average joes know. Having an investment adviser is currently the best course of action, especially for those who are close to retirement ..

At 34 years old I finally feel ready to settle down long enough to buy a house. Unfortunately due to previous horrible stupid life decisions, I'm forced to start with a zero balance in my savings account. On the bright side, the huge amount of debt - consequence of those bad decisions will be payed off next month,It's never too late to start saving like there's no tomorrow, and I'm really REALLY excited and motivated. Oh and Graham, fyi my emergency fund is also a done deal! by *VRI TOKEN* lol, i didn't made it myself

I loved this interview, she has soo much style and class and grit, you guys looked like you were having such a blast. You did again Steve, you did it again.🙌🏾🔥

Thank you for sharing your thoughtful content…for putting it out there with the passion that many of us need and strive for. I'm starting to listen to you almost every morning. Your voice and words are calming, clarifying, uplifting and motivating. It feels real and genuine. I am grateful to have your channel as a source for having a better relationship with myself and the world around me?

Brilliant! I always seem to choose exactly the right episode. I could have watched for much longer. She's a total inspiration! Resonated with a lot of what she said. 🙏

This was a great episode. Barbara was a fantastic guest!

WOW!!! They were rich and afraid to lose money. She just blessed me. That was GOLD.

I loved this episode! I love Barbara, but you really went down into the deep end with the questions, and it really shows! Absolutely fantastic!

Loved her so much! So inspiring and still very practical and real. Great job interviewing her. ❤

What a great chat and what a great woman! Loved every bit of it, thank you both for sharing your stories! Much love

This was fire I loved this so much it hit on so many things and showed many dimensions to character and where things got rooted and a lesson in unrooting them. 🔥

Great interview and great stories by your guest. The dont worry about money comment but worry about kindness was outstanding. This lady is down to earth amazing .

Some of the most amazing and inspirational content I've come across on youtube. I really admire this strong woman and all she has manifested through her trials. I've learned and took so much away from this podcast. Thank you to you and Barbara for providing us with such valuable content.

one of my favourite interviews ! i learn so much in what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur from Barbara she’s so inspiring