Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (730 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143130315 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Their business model has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and on Bloomberg and numerous other media outlets. 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. Shawn Askino
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, award winning chocolate company widely considered to be a vanguard in the industry. In this inspiring guide to discovering a vocation that feeds your heart and soul, Askinosie describes his quest to discover more meaningful work – a search that led him to volunteering in the palliative care wing of a hospital, to a Trappist monastery where he became inspired by the monks focus on “being” rather than “doing,” and eventually traipsing through jungles across the globe in search of excellent cocoa bean farmers to make award winning chocolate. He shares with readers visioning tools that can be used in any industry or field to create a work life that is inspired and fulfilling. For many years he found law satisfying, but after several high profile trials he reached a breaking point and found solace in the search for a new career. Askinosie shows us that everyone has the capacity to find meaning in their work and be a positive
Here is a family business that provides genuine meaning and soul-nourishing purpose to everyone in its path. "This is a groundbreaking book, a book that will change the way you see the world. A must read."— Seth Godin, author of Linchpin"Meaningful Work is a beautiful and candid account of a brilliant entrepreneur's journey to self-actualization—personal, professional, and spiritual—and the resulting birth of Askinosie Chocolate. Shawn Askinosie’s commitment to the welfare of his stakeholders—and their reciprocal devotion to the Askinosie mission—represents the height of achievement