EP 50: Measuring Success by the Lives You Impact with Jim Hirani of Hirani Group
In today’s special episode, Jim Hirani, President and Founder of Hirani Engineering and Land Surveying, D.P.C., and the Hirani Group, joins us to discuss what nearly four decades in engineering teaches a person about others. We explore the path from a $4-an-hour first job in New York to leading a firm, why he measures success by who is thriving around him and why he sends every young engineer into the field first.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
00:00 Introduction and celebrating the 50th episode with Jim Hirani, a mentor in the field.
06:43 Growing up in Bombay, and the road from Manipal to a master’s degree in New York.
09:26 The first engineering job in America, and the night shift that pays 50% more.
12:08 How a corporate book he never asks for becomes his first company.
17:23 The question he asks every successful person he meets, and how often it works.
20:12 Why trust comes before correction when building a team.
26:48 The measure of success that has nothing to do with money.
30:14 Why every engineer belongs in the field before settling behind a desk.
32:41 The union surveying job he agrees to before he knows what a union is.
38:37 The mantra he keeps about who holds the key to your happiness.
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RESOURCES MENTIONED
Manipal Institute of Technology (referenced as the guest’s alma mater)
“Hung by the Tongue” by Francis P. Martin (book recommended in the episode)
Second Avenue Subway (project referenced in the episode)
Infinite Cares (referenced in the episode)
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