The Car Dealer Who Built the Dream - Then the Perfect Storm Hit | John Hirniak (Part 1)

From the outside, John Hirniak had built a great life. But it didn't start that way.Born half-Irish into real poverty, sleeping on a mattress on the floor, fetching water from the village pump because there was none in the house. John always knew he wanted his own business. Market stalls, watches, antiques, beds. Then, off the back of a £10 book called Four Wheels to a Fortune, he became a used car dealer and never looked back. Twenty-seven years in the trade. A house. A marriage people envied. Two daughters. And a beloved 1953 Buick called Clara that still turns heads everywhere it goes.Living the dream, as people say.In part one, John, Gary and Peter swap stories about graft, business, the cars that stay with you for life, and how a working-class lad from a poor start built something to be proud of. It's warm, funny and full of heart.But right at the end, John starts to tell us where it all began to unravel, what he now calls the perfect storm.You'll want to hear what happens next.🎧 Subscribe so you don't miss part two. 💬 Inspired Men Talk - because men do talk. Hosted by Gary Johannes and Peter Ely.#InspiredMenTalk #MensMentalHealth #Resilience #Peterborough