Sit down? No Thanks, I'd Rather Stand.

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

As a 19 year old, Letitia Hanke took a job as a receptionist at the local roofing company. Within 10 years, she bought the business she has now been running (and growing) for 18 years. If you want to remember that anything is possible, this conversation will wake you up to the possibilities. Part 2 of the How’d You Do That? series. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I took this chance, I know maybe I make it sound like it was, you know, easy and I got
0:06.3	my loan, but it was actually a really scary thing to do.
0:09.7	But I said, what do I have to lose?
0:18.5	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders, I'm Kelly Corrigan and today I'm wondering about the
0:22.2	people who stand up when they are told to sit down.
0:26.1	I feel like Latisha Hanke, a woman who took a job as a receptionist at a roofing company
0:31.4	when she was 19 years old, so she could support her real passion of being a musician and
0:37.3	ended up buying the company from her boss when she was still in her 20s.
0:42.7	This is a conversation for anyone who wonders what else might be possible for me or who works
0:48.0	with young adults who need a little jolt of inspiration.
0:52.0	And me to learn more about this vibrant and generous and hardworking woman.
1:09.0	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders, I'm Kelly Corrigan and I'm talking today with the
1:12.5	CEO of ARS Roofing and Gutters, an irresistible woman named Latisha Hanke.
1:19.3	I first learned about Latisha in this super pragmatic and surprisingly inspiring book
1:24.2	called Self Made Boss, Advice, Hacks and Lessons from Small Business Owners.
1:30.2	My friend Jackie Reesis, along with her co-author Lauren Weinberg, collected about 100 stories
1:36.2	of entrepreneurs from oyster farmers to ice cream shop owners as a way of creating a
1:41.8	super set of takeaways for anyone who's thinking about starting a small business.
1:47.6	Jackie had met Latisha a few times and told me her story has it all.
1:52.2	Moxie, smarts, passion and charm.
1:56.3	So here we go.
2:00.8	I want to hear the whole story from soup to nuts.
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