Practicing Your "Just A Minute" Habits, with Willie Mekki.

A lot of people dream of winning the Powerball lottery in the U.S; however, around the world there is another type of lottery called a visa or green card lottery which allows one to travel and create a new life in America for one’s family and that happened to be the story of this individual.

Willie Mekki was born in Athens, Greece after his parents left Sudan to study and live abroad. Once his family came to America the only advice heard was to become a lawyer, doctor, or engineer in order to succeed in today’s society. After finishing up with a degree in civil engineering from ODU, Willie accepted his first full time career in construction management and quickly realized that 1 income stream cannot do what 1 income stream did back when his parents were his age.

Today Willie has a successful marketing business he runs online and exemplifies the quote of “The greatest charity in the world is eliminating the need for charity by teaching self sufficiency”. In his late 20’s he teaches professionals how to to take advantage of the online paradigm shift going on around the world and it starts with mastering yourself and your mind. Tune in to hear this young entrepreneur’s journey and the thought process behind how one can change the direction of their life.

2:11 Jam stands for just a minute. And what that means is do just a minute of something you really believe in.

4:40 Now I can play like Pirates of the Caribbean and stuff that I don't even I don't even know how it came to be. But it was because of those small little increments every single day. And just really taking that principle to life. I feel like that So I could really change someone's life from like point A to point B.

12:08 I always love doing things, not because of the thing itself, but because of the people and the memories created while doing whatever thing that it was.

15:48 You know, mistakes are the accelerant to learning. You actually. You had that point seven. My GPA after my first semester was 1.2. And when the staff called me in and asked me, invited me to leave, they said we'd like to give you the chance to excel elsewhere. And I said why?

22:49 If I were to go to any grocery store and buy milk, most people will check the expiration date first. But the issue is people don't do that with their goals. Because me I want to be successful and help my parents yes. But at the path of engineering, I realized, I'll still be able to do that. But maybe not in the timeframe that I'd like to. Because what I found out is just to retire as a millennial USA Today. So it's like 75 to 85 something crazy, because it doesn't account for inflation. It doesn't account for a lot of different things going on in the world today.

28:41 So with the expiration date mentality, it's not just for our goals, it's for ourselves as well. So it made me take life seriously. But that's also sometimes a negative because if you take life too seriously, you tend to overlook and I kind of walked that path as well.