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Conspiracy of Goodness Podcast109. The Father-Daughter Business Fixing the Broken Chocolate Industry with Shawn and Lawren AskinosieIf you or someone you know has aspirations to find more meaning and purpose in life, then today’s episode will serve as both inspiration and a bit of a roadmap. Our guests, Shawn Askinosie and his daughter Lawren, have each found their niche. In their working lives, their family business is reinventing one of the world's most important, and yet unsustainable, luxury items. And all the while they are enjoying wonderful personal lives of deep connection, travel, family and adventure. [00:00- 04:46] OPENING [04:47- 11:41] Why we shouldn’t buy cheap chocolate? Shawn’s “why” How our “wh...2022-11-1552 min
Lessons from a QuitterReplay: From Lawyer to Chocolate Maker: How Shawn Askinosie Found His CallingThis week's episode is a replay of Episode 76: From Lawyer to Chocolate Maker: How Shawn Askinosie Found His Calling. Sure, quitting is easy if you've always hated your job. But what if you used to love it? What if you loved it for many years? What if you were really, really good at it? I'm so excited about this week's episode with the amazing Shawn Askinosie. Shawn walked away from a very successful career as a criminal defense attorney, a job he used to love. Until he didn't. He realized that the career...2022-10-1851 min
Back2Basics: Reconnecting to the essence of YOUE169: Lawren Askinosie - Doing Work that MattersLawren Askinosie grew up around craft chocolate, and with craft chocolate. Still in high school when her father transitioned from courtroom to chocolate-making and started one of the first small batch chocolate factories in America, she assisted him in almost every facet of their new life as chocolate makers—from working the storefront to developing marketing material. Eager to jump into the family business full-time Lawren began college early and upon graduation at 20, dove headfirst into learning the ins and outs of operating a bean-to-bar chocolate factory, building a brand, and marketing and selling craft chocolate.Now th...2022-09-0143 min
imperfect: The Heart-Centered Leadership PodcastEpisode 188: Making Chocolate and Impact with Shawn AskinosieThis episode is sponsored by Davwill Consulting. Emotional agility? Yep, it's needed more now than ever. Let's chat! Click HereIn 2006, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean-to-bar chocolate factory and never looked back.His company, Askinosie Chocolate, was recently named by Forbes “One of the 25 Best Small Companies in America.”So far the company has provided over a million school lunches to malnourished children in Tanzania and the Philippines, without any donations.Founded at the forefront of the Amer...2022-05-0427 min
Social Impact PioneersChocolate supply chains with Shawn AskinosieChocolate supply chains are tricky and need help to built resilience to climate change. But with care it can be done. Best selling author, social enterprise founder, CEO and social impact pioneer: Shawn Askinosie shares the true benefits of understanding your supply chain.
Shawn setup Askinosie Chocolate 16 years ago with his daughter Lawren. They were recently named by Forbes “One of the 25 Best Small Companies in America.” and he’s been named by O, The Oprah Magazine, “One of 15 Guys Who Are Saving the World.” Shawn has an Amazon #1 bestselling book titled “Meaningful Work: The Quest To Do Great Business, Find Your Cal...2022-04-1230 min
Back2Basics: Reconnecting to the essence of YOUE148: Shawn Askinoise - Where do we find our calling?In 2006, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean-to-bar chocolate factory and never looked back.Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri, sourcing 100% of their beans directly from farmers. Shawn travels to regions of Ecuador, the Amazon, the Philippines, and Tanzania to source cocoa beans for his chocolate. They open their books to farmers, translating financials into their language and profit share with them.Recently named by Forbes “One of the 25 Best Small Companies in America”, the Askinosie Chocolate mission is to s...2022-04-0748 min
GravyThe Bitter and the Sweet of Craft Chocolate in the Global SouthIn “The Bitter and the Sweet of Craft Chocolate in the Global South” episode of Gravy, producer Sarah Holtz engages important voices in the complex conversation about ethical chocolate, from central Ghana to southern Missouri. In the chocolate world, terms like corporate sustainability and ethical sourcing are gradually entering the mainstream, but they remain a little vague. Holtz explores how direct trade and profit-sharing models offer alternatives to the practices of the largest chocolate companies in the world—Big Chocolate—which conceive of cocoa farmers not as partners, but as links in the supply chain. In her re...2022-03-0225 min
The Master's Journey#24 How Meaningful Work Can Save Your Life: Shawn Askinosie on Expressing Your True Self"Think of Yourself More As a Teacher, Not a Persuader" — Shawn Askinosie
#24 How Meaningful Work Can Save Your Life: Shawn Askinosie on Expressing Your True Self
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In 2006, Shawn Askinosie (shawnaskinosie.com & askinosie.com) left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean to bar chocolate factory and never looked back.
His company, Askinosie Chocolate, was recently named by Forbes “One of the 25 Best Small Companies in America.” So far the company has provid...2021-05-251h 09
Good / True / & Beautiful | with Ashton GustafsonThe True Self Series #1 with Shawn AskinosieIn 2006, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean to bar chocolate factory and never looked back. His company, Askinosie Chocolate, was recently named by Forbes “One of the 25 Best Small Companies in America.” So far the company has provided over a million school lunches to malnourished children in Tanzania and the Philippines, without any donations. Founded at the forefront of the American craft chocolate revolution and regarded by many as a vanguard in the industry. Shawn was named by O, The Oprah Magazine “One of 15 Guys Who Are Saving the World.” He's received...2021-03-0553 min
Becoming Who You Truly Are“Finding Your Calling” – My Interview with Shawn AskinosieToday, I’m honored to introduce Shawn Askinosie, coauthor with his daughter, Lawren, of the book, Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul. Shawn is the founder of Askinosie Chocolate, which was named by Forbes as one of the 25 best small companies in America, and he was named by Oprah as one of 15 guys who are saving the world. Shawn is all about chocolate. I’ve tasted it, in fact, I have the 72% dark chocolate from Tanzania in front of me right now and it is amazing. And no, he didn’t pay...2021-02-0756 min
The EntreLeadership PodcastHow to Find Meaningful Work with Shawn AskinosieOnce a successful attorney, Shawn Askinosie had it all—security, a winning track record, and good money. So why did he find himself struck by a panic attack as he left the courtroom one day? Shawn took a hard look in the mirror and discovered he was completely unfulfilled by his job and his life. And so, his search for meaningful work began, leading him from the courtroom to cocoa beans, and eventually, to Askinosie Chocolate. The community-changing chocolatier joins the EntreLeadership team to share his incredible story of self-discovery and how small businesses have the opportunity to create me...2020-10-121h 05
The Entrepreneurial YouThe Sweet Treat of Running a Chocolate BusinessIn 2006, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean to bar chocolate factory and never looked back. His company, Askinosie Chocolate, was recently named by Forbes “One of the 25 Best Small Companies in America.” So far the company has provided over a million school lunches to malnourished children in Tanzania and the Philippines, without any donations. Founded at the forefront of the American craft chocolate revolution and regarded by many as a vanguard in the industry. Shawn was named by O, The Oprah Magazine “One of 15 Guys Who Are Saving the World.” Shawn’s book, co...2020-06-2425 minGood / True / & Beautiful | with Ashton GustafsonNavigating Uncertainty with Shawn AskinosieIn 2005, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean to bar chocolate factory and never looked back.Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award-winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri, sourcing 100% of their beans directly from farmers. The only chocolate maker working directly with cocoa farmers on four continents, Shawn travels to regions of Ecuador, the Philippines and Tanzania to source cocoa beans for his chocolate. This allows the chocolate to be traced to the source and labeled authentic single origin. It also enables Askinosie Chocolate to profit share with the...2020-03-2044 min
Lessons from a QuitterFrom Lawyer to Chocolate Maker: How Shawn Askinosie found his callingSure, quitting is easy if you've always hated your job. But what if you used to love it? What if you loved it for many years? What if you were really, really good at it? I'm so excited about this week's episode with the amazing Shawn Askinosie. Shawn walked away from a very successful career as a criminal defense attorney, a job he used to love. Until he didn't. He realized that the career he once loved was putting him into an early grave and that it was time to do something else. ...2019-12-1049 min
Inspired Conversations with Amy Schuber477 Shawn Askinosie, Founder of Askinosie Chocolate, Author of Meaningful Work, The Quest To Do Great Business, Find Your Calling And Feed Your SoulShawn Askinosie, founder of Askinosie Chocolate named by Forbes as “One of the 25 Best Small Companies In America.” Shawn was named by O, The Oprah. Magazine, as "One of 15 Guys Who Are Saving the World." He is a Family Brother at Assumption Abbey, a Trappist monastery near Ava, Missouri. His new book - Meaningful Work: The Quest To Do Great Business, Find Your Calling And Feed Your Soul, co-written with his daughter Lawren Askinosie, a #1 bestseller on Amazon. Amy & Shawn talk about what it means to create meaningful work in the world, of course how he got into...2019-08-0643 min
Own Your Career Own Your Life: Stop Drifting and Take Control of Your Future138: From Defense Attorney to Chocolatier with Shawn AskinosieIn 2006, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean to bar chocolate factory and never looked back.
Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri, sourcing 100% of their beans directly from farmers that they profit share with on three continents.
Recently named by Forbes "One of the 25 Best Small Companies in America", Askinosie Chocolate has also been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, on Bloomberg, MSNBC and numerous other national and international media outlets. Shawn was named by O, The Oprah Magazine "One...2019-05-2255 min
Well TemperedEpisode 27: Lawren Askinosie Chief Marketing Officer at Askinosie ChocolateLawren Askinosie CMO and co-author of ‘Meaningful Work’ knows growing up
bean-to-bar. Askinosie Chocolate based in Springfield, Missouri is
dedicated to making fine chocolate and enhancing communities - both locally
and abroad.2019-02-1454 minWell TemperedEpisode 27: Lawren Askinosie Chief Marketing Officer at Askinosie ChocolateLawren Askinosie CMO and co-author of ‘Meaningful Work’ knows growing up
bean-to-bar. Askinosie Chocolate based in Springfield, Missouri is
dedicated to making fine chocolate and enhancing communities - both locally
and abroad.2019-02-1400 min
Good / True / & Beautiful | with Ashton GustafsonLife Disciplines and Practices with Shawn AskinosieIn 2005, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean to bar chocolate factory and never looked back.Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri, sourcing 100% of their beans directly from farmers. The only chocolate maker working directly with cocoa farmers on four continents, Shawn travels to regions of Ecuador, the Philippines and Tanzania to source cocoa beans for his chocolate. This allows the chocolate to be traced to the source and labeled authentic single origin. It also enables Askinosie Chocolate to profit share with...2019-02-0146 min
Mark Metry Show168: Shawn Askinosie | Quest To Do Meaningful WorkIn 2005, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean to bar chocolate factory and never looked back.Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri, sourcing 100% of their beans directly from farmers. The only chocolate maker working directly with cocoa farmers on four continents, Shawn travels to regions of Ecuador, the Philippines and Tanzania to source cocoa beans for his chocolate. This allows the chocolate to be traced to the source and labeled authentic single origin. It also enables Askinosie Chocolate to profit share with...2018-12-1751 min
DREAM THINK DO I Motivation, Encouragement & StrategyFinding Your Call & Feeding Your Soul – Lawyer Turned Chocolatier, with Shawn AskinosieBack in 2005, my guest, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean-to-bar chocolate factory and he's never looked back. Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award-winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri. They source 100% of their cocoa beans directly from farmers across the globe. Askinosie Chocolate was recently named one of the 25 Best Small Companies in America by Forbes and Shawn himself was named by "O," Oprah's magazine, as one of the 15 guys who is literally saving the world. Very cool. Shawn and his daughter, Lawren, who is the Chief Marketing Officer for As...2018-09-2549 min
Career Relaunch®Serving OthersWhen you’ve had a successful run in your career, leaving it behind can be especially difficult. So how can you tell when it’s time to make a change even when you’re good at what you do? In this episode of Career Relaunch, Shawn Askinosie explains how he relaunched his 20-year career as a criminal defense lawyer to found his own chocolate company. We’ll discuss how your intuition can be more precise than your logic and how to create the space you need to make a clear decision about your career. Afterwards, during today’s Mental Fuel segme...2018-09-2045 min
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and LifeShawn Askinosie on Career, Vocation and Meaningful WorkShawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean to bar chocolate factory and never looked back. Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri, sourcing 100% of their beans directly from farmers.Shawn’s book, recently released, co-written with his daughter Lawren is Meaningful Work: The Quest To Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul.In this episode Shawn and Erik cal about Shawn’s story, the steps to find your personal vocation and how to apply your vocation to your...2018-08-1450 min
Sunday Morning Magazine with Rodney LearShawn Askinosie_5-27-18In 2005, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean-to-bar chocolate factory and never looked back. Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award-winning chocolate factory in Missouri, sourcing 100% of their cocoa beans directly from farmers across the globe. Recently named “One of the 25 Best Small Companies in America” by Forbes, Askinosie Chocolate was founded at the forefront of the American craft chocolate revolution and is regarded by many as a vanguard in the industry. But other than the honestly sourced cocoa, what’s the secret of Askinosie Chocolate’s success? According to Shawn Askinosie (and his...2018-05-3010 min
Growing with PurposeShawn Askinosie: Can Chocolate Change the World?By many measures, Askinosie Chocolate is a small company — they work in small, artisan batches, they focus on developing their 17 employees, and they're not afraid to hit the breaks and decelerate in order to achieve goals other than growth for growth's sake. But the impact of Askinosie Chocolate is anything but small.
Today on the Growing with Purpose podcast, host Paul Spiegelman talks with Askinosie Chocolate founder and CEO, Shawn Askinosie. Shawn started Askinosie Chocolate in 2006 after leaving a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer. Shawn is the only chocolate maker to work directly with cocoa far...2018-05-1054 min
Good / True / & Beautiful | with Ashton GustafsonMeaningful Work with Shawn AskinosieIn 2005, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean to bar chocolate factory and never looked back.Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri, sourcing 100% of their beans directly from farmers. The only chocolate maker working directly with cocoa farmers on four continents, Shawn travels to regions of Ecuador, the Philippines and Tanzania to source cocoa beans for his chocolate. This allows the chocolate to be traced to the source and labeled authentic single origin. It also enables Askinosie Chocolate to profit share with...2018-01-1252 min
Live Immediately with mike campbell063: Shawn Askinosie - Meaningful Work: A Quest To Do Great Business, Find Your Calling And Feed Your SoulThis episode had a huge impact on my life, and I know if you listen to it, do the work, it will change yours too and have a beautiful rippling affect. Shawn Askinosie is the founder and CEO of Askinosie Chocolate, a small business based in Springfield, Missouri. Their chocolate is world-renowned, award winning and Forbes recently named them as “One of the 25 Best Small Companies In America”. But this episode isn’t about chocolate, it’s about chocolate. (something that you’ll understand once you’ve listened). You see, the way Shawn does busines...2017-12-041h 07
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Title: Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul
Author: Lawren Askinosie, Shawn Askinosie
Narrator: Shawn Askinosie
Format: Unabridged
Length: 06:47:00
Language: English
Release date: 11-14-17
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Genres: Business & Economics, Self Development, Career Development, Health & Wellness, Business Development
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The founder and CEO of Askinosie Chocolate, an award-winning craft chocolate factory, shows readers how he discovered the secret to purposeful work and business − and how we can too, no matter what work we do.
Askinosie Chocolate is a smal...2017-11-146h 47
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Release date: 11-14-17
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The founder and CEO of Askinosie Chocolate, an award-winning craft chocolate factory, shows listeners how he discovered the secret to purposeful work and business - and how we can, too, no matter what work we do.
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Title: Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul
Author: Shawn Askinosie, Lawren Askinosie
Narrator: Shawn Askinosie
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Release date: November 14, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
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Genres: Business & Career Development
Publisher's Summary:
The founder and CEO of Askinosie Chocolate, an award-winning craft chocolate factory, shows readers how he discovered the secret to purposeful work and business − and how we can too, no matter what work we do. Askinosie Chocolate is a small-batch, awar...2017-11-146h 47Listen to Best Sellers Audiobooks in Business, LeadershipMeaningful Work Audiobook by Shawn Askinosie, Lawren AskinosieListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Meaningful Work
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Author: Shawn Askinosie, Lawren Askinosie
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Release date: 11-14-17
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The founder and CEO of Askinosie Chocolate, an award-winning craft chocolate factory, shows listeners how he discovered the secret to purposeful work and business - and how we can, too, no matter what work we do.
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