I took a family vacation for two weeks and I returned two days ago. This was the first time that I went away on a vacation without my Laptop. While on my holiday I found myself browsing through TFF a lot on my phone. I rarely post here but read a LOT usually but on my vacation it seems whenever I wanted to "connect" I instead ended up reading this forum. I blame poor content everywhere else! 
AND I noticed a pattern. I could be wrong but I saw many people struggling to come up with a few bucks when they are really struggling. Like for example, they really need an extra $1K per month to extend their runway while they are building their business or maybe someone who is in a lot of debt and HAS to come up with some extra cash to cover costs etc. I kept reading these posts and wondered why don't these people just get some freelance jobs off upwork? It's so easy, I made a ton of money there, And getting a couple of jobs per month to generate an extra $1K can't be so hard, right? RIGHT?
And in my moment of self importance, I made up my mind to finally properly step out of the shadows and make a detailed guide on how to write killing proposals and guarantee a decent side income from Upwork and post it on TFF. Sure, there's @Lex DeVille's brilliant threads and guides on Upwork. But I can write them simpler and hammer the message into their brains, I thought! (in the said moment of misguided self-importance 😀) I even made some mental notes and outline on what I would like to write.
So I got back home and started my PC and reality did hit pretty fast. Sadik, you haven't written a god damn proposal on Upwork for more than two years! And you have perhaps written three in the last five years! The reason, well, I get a lot of invites. One of my upwork jobs turned into a remote part time job and I have had to decline invites every few days! Well this last part may seem a boast but it's 100% truth. Here's proof:
So, I, who has NOT written a proposal in more than two years am in no position to advise people on how to win jobs on Upwork. So, can I change that, I wondered. So I decided to do an experiment. I modified my Upwork profile to a different skill set than the skill set I am in demand for. I searched for jobs and just about 10 minutes ago sent a cover letter proposal after two years! YAY!
What I would like to do is the following:
1> Test myself that what I would like to advise other people works as I think it does.
2> Outline my way of thinking in as simple a language as possible and post here.
What would really make me happy is if someone out there who's struggling to get a job on Upwork can implement what I have to share and win some projects!
Let's see what happens. Fingers crossed. The client is in Melbourne, Australia so it won't be before tomorrow that I receive a reply or NOT
AND I noticed a pattern. I could be wrong but I saw many people struggling to come up with a few bucks when they are really struggling. Like for example, they really need an extra $1K per month to extend their runway while they are building their business or maybe someone who is in a lot of debt and HAS to come up with some extra cash to cover costs etc. I kept reading these posts and wondered why don't these people just get some freelance jobs off upwork? It's so easy, I made a ton of money there, And getting a couple of jobs per month to generate an extra $1K can't be so hard, right? RIGHT?
And in my moment of self importance, I made up my mind to finally properly step out of the shadows and make a detailed guide on how to write killing proposals and guarantee a decent side income from Upwork and post it on TFF. Sure, there's @Lex DeVille's brilliant threads and guides on Upwork. But I can write them simpler and hammer the message into their brains, I thought! (in the said moment of misguided self-importance 😀) I even made some mental notes and outline on what I would like to write.
So I got back home and started my PC and reality did hit pretty fast. Sadik, you haven't written a god damn proposal on Upwork for more than two years! And you have perhaps written three in the last five years! The reason, well, I get a lot of invites. One of my upwork jobs turned into a remote part time job and I have had to decline invites every few days! Well this last part may seem a boast but it's 100% truth. Here's proof:
So, I, who has NOT written a proposal in more than two years am in no position to advise people on how to win jobs on Upwork. So, can I change that, I wondered. So I decided to do an experiment. I modified my Upwork profile to a different skill set than the skill set I am in demand for. I searched for jobs and just about 10 minutes ago sent a cover letter proposal after two years! YAY!
What I would like to do is the following:
1> Test myself that what I would like to advise other people works as I think it does.
2> Outline my way of thinking in as simple a language as possible and post here.
What would really make me happy is if someone out there who's struggling to get a job on Upwork can implement what I have to share and win some projects!
Let's see what happens. Fingers crossed. The client is in Melbourne, Australia so it won't be before tomorrow that I receive a reply or NOT
Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member:
Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)
Access Restricted: Unlock 1,000,000+ Posts
Stop Peeking Through the Keyhole.
Open the Door.
You hit a wall because the best advice isn't free—it's earned. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been active here daily (99.9% active rate), building a war room for entrepreneurs who refuse to settle for mediocrity.
- Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
- MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
- Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
- Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."— User Richard Peck
"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?
