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During the early days of my newsletter, I would interview one LinkedIn Top Voice every Saturday. I met a lot of amazing people. It was fun. I would get on a call to pick the brains of some of the smartest people on LinkedIn. My favourite interview was with Louie Bernstein - a 71-y...
It feels good to be alive in an exciting times. We are one of most lucky civilization if not the most lucky. We have seen and experience things no one else has: The landing on the moon End of the visible universe Deep ocean species</...
Yesterday, I was supposed to publish the first issue of my new publication “The Freelance Magazine” Unfortunately, due to some internal hiccups with the design team, we weren’t able to publish it. One of the team members was in the hospital with his mother. We are all pray...
Did you know that 92% of all customer interactions happen over the phone? Yet most people are afraid to get on call with clients. They dread client calls like it's the call of a death angel. And this is the reason, they are not able to grow their business....
I vanished from the world for 7 days. I went off-grid. Why? Because billionaires do it. I am not a billionaire by wealth. I certainly am by mindset. This is the longest break I have had from work in 2 years. Previously, I wouldn’t be absent from wor...
I don't feel like writing today. But I will do it anyway. Human willpower is a strange thing. It comes from doing things you don’t want to. And if you start giving in to your desires, your willpower will become shallow. This reminds me of a story that I read as a k...
It’s been a while since I wrote about frameworks. My last framework was published 11 days ago. Then, I went on vacation for a week. During my vacation, I was a consumption machine. I consumed: Food like a bear Words lik...
I love my work. I am willing to sacrifice everything for my work. I want people to know me as a marketer. I want to make a lot of money. I want to bill $1k to a single client weekly. But it doesn’t matter, what matters is what my audience wants, and what my...
I connect with fellow freelancers every morning. I was scrolling my LinkedIn feed this morning and came across something unusual. A YouTuber was saying Upwork is the worst place for Freelancers. One should look for clients somewhere else, Like Instagram. And I was ...
Every Thursday, I publish the weekly issue of TNM. You get an ebook. This brings you closer to your goal of securing 3-5 clients from Upwork. This week, I decided to do something different. So, I circled back to our original weekly issue. I...
When I started as a freelancer, I would never say No to a client. I would ignore all red flags and book the client. Honestly? I had no red flags. This wasn’t a smart move on my part. This approach has brought me more misery than benefit. I was making money ...