Muqaddas Khalid

Muqaddas KhalidAug 29, 2026

Turned another year older today. 🎂 For years, August 29 came with a quiet, heavy panic. I would wake up obsessing over imaginary timelines, calculating everything I hadn’t built yet, and treating another year like a deadline I was running out of time to meet. Every birthday felt like an exam I forgot to study for. 💀 Today is the first year that feels completely different. 🤍I trust my pace. 🤍I like who I'm becoming. 🤍And I finally stopped needing external permission to feel proud of myself. Younger Muqaddas would probably be shocked that we made it through all the chaotic, messy phases to build something real. The milestones will happen when they happen. Just wanna say thank you to everyone who’s been supporting me, I genuinely appreciate you. 🫶 P.S. Drop your birthday below so I can return the love when your turn comes around. 🎈

Muqaddas KhalidJul 23, 2026

3 years from now, you're going to wake up to this: • 6 DMs from founders who found your content • 2 referral calls already booked • A waitlist. An actual waitlist. • Revenue coming in while you were asleep Your calendar is full. Your rates doubled. And you didn't run a single ad. Want to know what made the difference? You showed up. Every day. Even when nobody was watching. That's it. That's the whole secret. Here's the math nobody showed me when I started: 1 post = nothing. 1 post x 365 days = 365 reasons to trust you. 1 post x 365 days x 3 years = 1,095 touchpoints. That's a client machine. Built for free. While you sleep. I went from 0 to 3,400 followers without spending a dollar. But I posted to silence for weeks. No likes. No comments. No DMs. Just me, talking into the void. And then it compounded. The founders who win on LinkedIn? They're not the most talented. They just didn't stop. Your ideal client is on LinkedIn right now. They're not hiring you. They don't even know you exist. Because you're not showing up. So here's your challenge: 1. Post today. 2. Post tomorrow. 3. Don't stop for 3 years. The math does the rest. 👇 P.S. How long have you been posting on LinkedIn? And do you feel like it's compounding yet?

Muqaddas KhalidAug 27, 2026

I was inactive on LinkedIn for a full month. Came back to 37 unread DMs. Sounds exciting, right? Except most of them looked like this: → A cold pitch → A follow-up to the cold pitch → Another follow-up → A "just bumping this up" message → A "I guess you're not interested" guilt trip All while my profile clearly showed I hadn't posted in weeks. Here's the thing. I wasn't ignoring anyone on purpose. I just needed a break. I wanted to spend time with my family, disconnect for a bit, and not think about work. But some of these threads had 4-5 follow-ups sent days apart to someone who was clearly not active. If you're doing cold outreach on LinkedIn, two things will instantly make you better than 90% of people in my inbox: → Check if the person is actually active before you pitch them. It takes 10 seconds to look at their recent activity. → After you send that first message, wait. If they're not online, they're not online. Sending 3-5 follow-ups in a week to someone who hasn't posted in a month isn't persistence. It's spam. Good outreach is about timing and relevance, not volume. Anyway. I'm back now. If you DM-ed or emailed me while I was away, I'll get to you. Promise. P.S. What's the wildest cold pitch you've ever received in your DMs? I need to know I'm not alone here.