Halu !Just this morning I totally messed up my morning coffee ritual. As a person living in Batangas, I'm spoiled. I really prefer brewing my own coffee. (Hu u kayong mga 3-in-1 lol)So yun na nga, I was getting ready to make a fresh cup of Joe,...
Halu !This old Dilbert comic hit me right in my freelancer feels. You know why? Because let’s face it, we're that guy with the pointy hair saying "You could never do my job!" while actually accomplishing... not much.We probably thought the same...
Uy !The other day, I was talking to a freelancer friend who kept saying she "didn't deserve" the high-paying clients she wanted. I didn't want to admit it din, but it hit close to home kasi I used to think exactly the same way.Let me share something...
Yo !You ever see a success story that makes you go, "Wait… paano niya nagawa yun?"Tonight at 9PM, I’m sitting down with Lynn Martinez, the mastermind behind one of the craziest BFCM email wins I’ve seen.📌 128 new subscribers. $46K in revenue. $359 C...
Yo !There was a time when I thought being a good freelancer meant being available—always.A client messages at 11 PM? I’d reply.Revision request on a Sunday? “Sure, no problem.”Back-to-back meetings with no time for lunch? Let’s go.I wore it like a ba...
Yo !I know this sounds weird, but I literally paid to have the set of freelancing friends and besties that I have now.Not in a creepy, “I have no friends” way. But in a strategic, “I need to level up” kind of way.See, when I was starting out as a fre...
Yo !I thought I was winning.A couple years back, I had multiple opportunities lined up—coaching invitations, a SaaS idea, local business deals, potential agency collabs. Lahat mukhang jackpot. I was pumped. “This is is it, pancit!,” I told myself. Th...
Yo !As I try to research, write, and edit these sometimes long composite emails (like my last email about Shan Cai and early 2000s pop culture), my Chrome browser inevitably gets filled with too many tabs.Then later, the whole computer starts acting...
Yo !TLDR: Life hits differently now that I’m older. ( Also, I wrote too many anime references here, and this email will not make sense if you're in your 20s. ) ^_^ The other day, the world lost Barbie Hsu - Shan Chai from Meteor Garden - from su...
Yo !Over the weekend I attended the Take Off Summit, a two-day event designed for Filipino entrepreneurs. While soaking in KNAWLEDGE from various industry leaders and networking with fellow entrepreneurs, one speaker particularly stood out - John Pag...