Ideas worth spreading

Find Your Calling Where It Hurts

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Shawn Askinosie |

TEDxOklahomaCity

• April 2019

Is there hope to find purpose and passion after heartbreak? Shawn Askinosie shares his quest to discover meaningful work – a search that led him from his life as a highly successful criminal defense lawyer into the palliative care department of a hospital. And how that led to founding one of the first small batch bean to bar chocolate factories in North America. Shawn will show you how to redeem your sorrow, serve someone who needs you, and find your true self in the mystery of it all. Finally, he invites you to discover immeasurable joy through the most unexpected place – your own broken heart.

Is there hope to find purpose and passion after heartbreak? Shawn Askinosie shares his quest to discover meaningful work – a search that led him from his life as a highly successful criminal defense lawyer into the palliative care department of a hospital. And how that led to founding one of the first small batch bean to bar chocolate factories in North America. Shawn will show you how to redeem your sorrow, serve someone who needs you, and find your true self in the mystery of it all. Finally, he invites you to discover immeasurable joy through the most unexpected place – your own broken heart.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxOklahomaCity, an independent event.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxOklahomaCity, an independent event.

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