Life’s too short to spend 1/3 of your life at a job that brings you zero fulfillment.
Get High at Work!
The question
Why are 81% of all adult employees “not engaged” at work?
A 2025 study by ADP Research determined that more than 4 out of 5 adults in the workplace are not engaged at their job. The study emphasizes that employers should help their employees “find purpose.”
I think it’s your responsibility. More specifically, I believe it’s your responsibility to identify what brings you fulfillment.
How do you ‘find fulfillment’ in your work? You don’t find it; you create it. You make your work fulfilling by doing the things you were created to do, with zero expectation of anything in return.
Identify your gift, then give it away.
God-given Talent
× Giving
× Gratitude
Fulfillment
The intersection of work, talent, and the biology of giving and gratitude, explodes when you take the time to identify your unique gift, and then put it to work with zero expectations.
About Kevin
Kevin Sandlin is a serial entrepreneur, small-business owner, instructor, and speaker whose career has been shaped by one constant: learning through experience.
Let’s be honest: serial entrepreneur actually means “I’m unemployable.” I’ve failed miserably, and been miserable in many different roles.
Then I realized that, whenever I put my gift to work, all the other crap paled in comparison, and I loved going to work, no matter where it was or what I was doing.
How we work
Let’s start with a simple conversation. Arrange a video call and we’ll talk about what you’re working on, what you’re trying to accomplish, and how I might be able to help.
The what, where, when, and how are easy. The “why”, the message, is the deep, messy, fun part that’s all about your audience. That’s where we’ll really dig into how you – or your employees – can go about identifying what it is that brings you fulfillment, and how to put those gifts to work.
Posts, articles, and talks
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“Shut Up & Listen” to Van Baird
Last night, we enjoyed the third of our four scheduled guest speakers at the Digital Marketing class at General Assembly. Van Baird has spent over a decade in the financial services industry, and when he opened his State Farm insurance agency in Johns Creek, he decided he didn’t want to be a typical insurance agent.…
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“Does SEO make anyone feel warm & fuzzy?”
Lindsay Trinkle Visits #DGM2 Class @_GAAtlanta As we begin the second half of our 10 week Digital Marketing class, we welcome another great guest speaker from the Atlanta digital world. Our first speaker blew the doors off of market & customer segmentation, setting the bar high for our remaining three guest speakers. Tonight, Lindsay Trinkle,…
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Three ways to auto-promote your blog posts via email
Cross posted from the General Assembly Blog. There are many ways to share the content that you’ve created on your blog; however, the most reliable method of promoting your blog to your intended audience is through email. Most people check their social networks regularly, but everyone reads – or at least checks – their email…
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The Math of the Marketing Funnel
We’ve been talking about the marketing funnel just about every session of Digital Marketing, but we hadn’t really brought it to life yet. So, in our mid-term (10th session) of the #DGM2 class, we focused completely on the math of the marketing funnel. The marketing funnel, because marketing is ALL about the numbers. #dgm2 A…
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Google Analytics for Bloggers
We’re halfway through the Digital Marketing class here at General Assembly. One of the biggest challenges in the class is tackling Google Analytics, which is a big, hairy, complex beast of a tool that can either overwhelm you or totally guide you. If you are or aspire to be a digital marketer, then you must…
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10rocket’s Blog Challenge
I’ve known Chris Turner, the founder of 10Rocket since early last year, when he and I met at Tech Talent South. Shortly after that, Chris enrolled in The Iron Yard‘s Ruby on Rails software developer course, because he wanted to be able to build the software product that he had envisioned. A few months later,…
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Marketing is all about the numbers
Tonight we got a special treat at our #DGM2 class: Maria Joyner of Synapp.io laid down the growth hacking truth on the class, setting the bar very high for our next three guest speakers. Who knew that Synapp.io was her first salaried job? The key to Maria’s success? “Find a startup that’s killing it, and…
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7 Habits Of Highly Effective Bloggers
Cross-posted from the General Assembly blog Beyond the obvious (write), there are tactics that you should build into the DNA of your blogging strategy. These are things that should become habitual, so you don’t even have to think about doing each of them. These are blogging habits that you see in the most successful blogs,…
