Want to be an entrepreneur? Check your childhood for signs of early makings! As a young girl, Anne Arcenas-Gonzales had a knack for selling things to people and mounted her own garage sales at home—but never thought entrepreneurship would be her destiny. After she became a mother at 19, she got a corporate job after college, but she wanted to define her own destiny. So, out of her childhood bedroom and with no business background, she founded and built the retail company Terry, S.A. 20 years ago with her husband Freddy.

And just like the best entrepreneurs could sell ice to Eskimos, bringing the Brazilian brand Havaianas here revolutionized the way Filipinos wore the _tsinelas—_by turning it from humble home footwear staple into a trendy, and eventually, cult collectible fashion essential. Now recognized as the "flip-flop queen,” Anne was named one of Go Negosyo’s 55 Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs in 2016 and employs almost 300 people in her Great Place To Work-certified company.

Get a mini-master class from her in this episode about entrepreneurship as a mindset and attitude; its rewards and challenges, empowering women, and creating one's own path in business and in life.