#48: Sean Fargo - From Businessman to Monk

Jul 07, 2020 38 min #48: Sean Fargo - From Businessman to Monk

Sean Fargo is the Founder of Mindfulness Exercises, where he has taught meditation to some of the top executives in the world at companies like PG&E, Reddit, and DocuSign. Sean is a meditation instructor at Google and an advisor to technology startups like Elevate Labs and WellBrain.io. He was formerly a Buddhist monk for two years. We talk about how he went from being a businessman to becoming a monk, why he decided to leave and reenter the western world, and how to deal with difficult emotions.