Chocolatier, Lawyer, and Monk.  These are distinct and separate roles and titles, some of which Shawn has held in the past and holds now.

Shawn is the founder of Askinosie chocolate, a chocolate factory that practices direct trade, profit sharing with farmers, as well as a variety of social endeavors.

He is also the author of a fantastic book called, Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul— a book that everyone listening is likely to enjoy.

We got to dig into his journey into chocolate, his thoughts on vocation and how to find it, and the important distinction between doing and being.  

In this episode you’ll learn:

• What does Shawn do?
• What is the difference between being and doing?
• What is the challenge to him by a monastery brother?
• How to determine our true self?
• How did he arrive to where he is now in life?
• What was the beginning of his pivotal moment?
• Shawn shared a bit of his book and suggest how to use it.
• His words to offer for the people who are lost like th Shawn before.
• Suggestion to the people who are asking what to do next.
• What is our greatest joy?
• What is the questions to ask yourself if you are in a struggling stage?
• His message to a religious person and the other.
• How to discern the moments of calling?
• What is the Paschal mystery?
• How to turn suffering to calling?
• How he prepares when AI take over most of the jobs?
• His vision for his chocolate factory?
• How to pursue your personal vocation and still work or do business?
• Shawn shares some of his vocations.
• Why he strives to create the best taste of his chocolate?
• What is the myth in the social entrepreneur of today?
• Why wouldn’t he trade what he does today to going back as a lawyer that earns more?
• What are the questions that Shawn suggest that helps?

Show notes at: https://www.themeaningmovement.com/shawn