Life Amplified With Dan Mason

In 2005, Shawn Askinosie was a successful criminal defense lawyer living the life that comes with that type of success. But then to the shock of his family and colleagues, he walked away from the courtroom to start a chocolate company. He's never looked back. Today on the podcast, Dan speaks to the founder of Askinosie Chocolate about his life journey and how so much of his life was impacted by watching his father live and die. His greatest pain in life is ultimately what led him to his greatest joy. Even though he set out to build a chocolate company without knowing anything about making chocolate, Shawn has built an empire based on sweets... but also service. Askinosie Chocolate has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the 25 Best Small Businesses in America. Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine has called Shawn "One of the 15 men who is changing the world." But much of what Shawn does today in his business and his life he learned from being around others who are in the last stages of his life. Taking the