Not-so-old taker has taken again. Thank you, Jesus🙏🏽.

Upcharged my client from 150 to 550 just to shoot my shot, and she agreed and approved the milestone My body dey shake mehn!!! Get in, joor

Some clients are evil o You want to build a complex AI SaaS MVP for £300😭😭😭 Something you plan to charge as a premium subscription, omooo.

A client sent me an unexpected $100 bonus. It wasn't because I built the perfect automation for her, it was because I took the time to explain it to her. Most non-technical business owners aren't just looking for someone to "build the thing." They want to understand how the thing works, because it becomes the engine of their business. In February, a client on upwork came to me exactly like this: skeptical and stressed. She needed an automation to scrape and enrich X (Twitter) data into Google Sheets. Her previous developer had completely ghosted her the second the API got buggy and complicated. I researched a much more stable scraping tool and redesigned the architecture. But more importantly, I brought her along for the ride. When I hit a roadblock, I explained it to her in plain English. When I made progress, I showed her how it worked. During the handover, I didn't just email her a file. We stayed on a live call until the workflow was running perfectly on her own computer. I recorded custom Loom videos and wrote clear documentation so she would never feel locked out of her own system. She became a long-term client, and sent a bonus. A great automation specialist doesn't keep you in the dark to protect their job. They turn the lights on so you can run your business. If you are a non-technical founder who wants to implement automation without feeling lost or overwhelmed, I’ve got you. I will hold your hand from the first step to the final handover.

Omooo, you can never know everything in n8n. I built a workflow that had a loop within loop logic, and i actually ran mad yesterday. Had to find YouTube tutorial video to watch.

I started building on portfolio projects on GHL recently and it is so goated, wow... I wonder why clients still require n8n integrations, GHL handles almost everything related to CRM

Omo, just like that, the Q1 of 2026 is ending. That's very insane mehn

One thing I have learnt today is to take demo videos of your workflows. Or have proof of your workflow in motion, omooo

Press your palms together and pray for motion 🙏🏽 Happy Sunday, Everyone

More nodes doesn't mean a workflow is efficient. I spent a whole day building a Twitter scraper. I built it using polling. Every 30 minutes, the workflow would run, pull 600 tweets from targeted accounts, and try to process them. Then I hit a timeout error. Because every 30 minutes, the workflow was dragging back 600 tweets, including every single tweet it had already processed the run before and the API couldn't handle that volume at once. The workflow just broke. I was exhausted and went to sleep frustrated. Before I slept I noticed something in the twitterapi.io docs. A webhook section. I told myself I'd check it in the morning. I woke up, scrapped the polling setup, and rebuilt the workflow. It took me less than 3 hours this time because I already understood the logic and had gotten much sharper at debugging my code nodes. This new version is so efficient it's crazy. Instead of running heavy, repetitive loops, the webhook just listens. Now, it pulls only the NEW tweets every 5 minutes, enriches them, and stores them directly into Google Sheets. No reprocessing 600 old tweets. No timeouts. It literally cut 10 nodes out of my architecture. Fewer API calls means I am saving my client actual money. Practical lesson: always check if a tool has webhook support before you default to building a polling workflow. A workflow with a lot of nodes doesn't mean it's efficient or good for your client's budget. Also, twitterapi.io is the absolute best for scraping Twitter right now. The webhook feature is goated fr.

I remember earlier last month, I woke up depressed and went to sleep with a Rising Talent badge. Actually, the timeline was more like this: I went to sleep the night before feeling incredibly heavy. I just wanted the day to be over. I woke up still carrying a bit of that weight, checked my phone, and saw a notification from Upwork. I got the Rising Talent badge. The emotional swing of that moment is hard to put into words. Going from feeling completely stuck the night before to staring at that email... I just sat there taking it in. It felt so incredibly good. But beyond just feeling good, that badge actually changes the math on my profile. When you are just starting out, clients look at your empty profile and see nothing but risk. You have no reviews and no track record. That badge is Upwork stepping in, tapping the client on the shoulder, and saying "we vetted him, he is worth your time." It turns an automatic scroll into a pause. It gets them to actually look at the workflows I've built. The biggest lesson I am taking away from that 24-hour emotional rollercoaster is that the things you work for show up when you are not watching. All those hours I spent building n8n portfolio projects, prompting Claude, going back and forth with perplexity were being counted. I applied for 2 gigs afterwards with a completely different level of confidence. Keep building. The results usually show up the morning after you think nothing is working.

Took a short break to focus on my semester's exam, but it feels so good to be back✨️ Happy new week people, this week is ours🤲🏾 Everyone seeing this should go into the world and conquer

Another day to remind you to build your github repo portfolio. Stand out out to your potential client!!!

Got over my fears and recorded my first ever hand-off loom videos for my client. The amount of retakes i had to do mehn. Omooooo.

Who else got invited😂😂😂?

Let me let you in on my secret of never running out of content ideas to post. The secret is JOURNALLING. It is that simple and easy. When the year started, I created a journal in my Notion titled "2026 in Tech." I take 5 minutes to write about my day (to be honest, I don't write everyday but I make sure I write about the day I missed the following day). Some days I would write a line or two, some days I would write 3 paragraphs. What matters is that I write something for every day. In doing so, it is easy to extract relatable and personalized posts for your social media from your journal. You can feed it to AI to add more and refine what you have, but you are not posting a generic content templates and that's what really matters. Now I admit, I haven't been posting consistently because of the perfectionist in me, work, school stress, personal life, but I have a content bank from which I can easily refine a post and put it out. Here's what my journal entries actually look like: January 1, 2026: "I got my first invite on Upwork. I was done working for the day since I spent all day building my Github repo. Saw the notification and imposter syndrome first hold me. 'What if I can't do it'. Ran to my brother's room to tell him about the invite, he told me to apply regardless of how I felt." January 6, 2026: "Got the fucking gigggggggggg🥳🥳🥳. Let's fucking go joorrrrr. I am so happy bruh, it's so great. My life has actually changed😭😭😭." January 10, 2026: "Didn't do anything tech productive today, chai so sorry. I am actually angry at myself and beating myself for it but I know I will do so much better than today for tomorrow." January 23, 2026: "National Grid spoilt so light no dey. But I worked on my client's project sha. Went out to work at coca-cola cus the network in my hostel is so shit." See? Just raw thoughts. Emojis, pidgin, excitement, frustration. Everything I was actually feeling in that moment. And from those entries, I created: My viral post about getting my first client (15k views) A post about building my github repo Every struggle became a lesson. Every win became a story people could relate to. The best part? It's all authentic. I'm not making up scenarios. I'm not following templates. I'm literally just documenting my journey as it happens. So here's how you can do this: Step 1: Create your journal Open Notion, Google Docs, or even Notes app. Title it "[Year] in [Your Field]." Mine is "2026 in Tech." Step 2: Write every day (or catch up the next day) Spend 5 minutes before bed writing about your day. Don't edit. Don't polish. Just write what happened. What did you build today? What broke? What made you happy? What frustrated you? What did you learn? Step 3: Review weekly for content ideas Every Sunday, open your journal and read the week's entries. Look for: Wins (big or small) Struggles you overcame Lessons you learned Funny or relatable moments Step 4: Turn entries into posts Pick one entry that resonates. Expand on it. Add context. Explain what you learned. Make it actionable. You can use AI to help structure it, but the story is already there in your journal. You're just refining it. Step 5: Keep the authenticity Don't sanitize your journal entries when you turn them into posts. Keep the emotion. Keep the realness. That's what people connect with. When I posted about January 6 (getting my first gig), I didn't just say "I got hired." I said "This year na my year fr. This is just the beginning, keep an eye on this account" Action steps you can take from this: Start your journal today. Right now. Open Notion and create a page. Write about today. Even if it's just "Today I applied to 3 gigs." Do this every day for a week. Don't worry about content yet. Just build the habit. Next Sunday, read your entries and pick one moment to turn into a post. Refine it with AI if you want, but keep your voice. Keep the emotion. Post it. See how people respond. Your life is already interesting enough. Your journey is already worth sharing. You just need to write it down. I promise you, a month from now, you'll have more content ideas than you know what to do with. Start your journal today. Even if it's just one line. That's all you need. Let's keep building.

Thank you so much, Ochai🤭🤭. Your mentorship>>>>>

Tabitha recently landed her second gig on Upwork. 🎉 And I can tell you for a fact that it’s NOT luck. I’ve watched her show up. Build publicly. Fix her mistakes. Refine her approach. Apply again. That’s what clarity brings. I also spoke about how your first gig gives you hope. But how the second gig gives you proof. Proof that what you’re doing is working. Additionally, it builds momentum and confidence which is important to growth. This is also why I’m obsessed with systems over motivation. When you follow a process, results stop being accidental. I’m really happy and proud of her. 👏🏾👏🏾 If you want results like this, you need clarity. The Upwork zHERO Bootcamp gives you a detailed and practical breakdown of Upwork and shows you exactly how to win on the platform. It also comes with a private support community to aid your growth and success. You can get in while it’s still available on discount here: Selar.com/upworkzhero Congratulations to Tabitha! 🌟

Started upskilling to GoHighLevel today. First video on the list💪💪