Impactful

James McKinven

A conversation with someone about 3-5 things that have positively impacted their life to inspire others. This could be a book, film, article, podcast, too, product, activity.

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Teslas, Tennis and self-heating mugs - Brian Casel

Welcome to Impactful, the show where I speak to one of my friends about what has impacted them most in their life. This could be a book that changed your perspective, a tool that made your life better or just a small thing that brings you joy. Hopefully, you'll come away from this conversation feeling inspired or with new things to explore. What impacted Brian Casel: Tennis & Producing Music ZipMessage , an async communication tool Ember Mug & Tesla Model Y Follow Brian Twitter Brian's p...

Oct 29, 2022•14 min•Ep. 3

Learning to play music and taking a different approach to work - Michael Christofides

Welcome to Impactful, the show where I speak to one of my friends about what has impacted them most in their life. This could be a book that changed your perspective, a tool that made your life better or just a small thing that brings you joy. Hopefully, you'll come away from this conversation feeling inspired or with new things to explore. What impacted Michael Christofides: Learning to play music (met life partner, travelled, performing, admiring mastery in others eg Pavarotti o sole mio and s...

Sep 27, 2022•11 min•Ep. 2

How learning to is fail impacted Arvid Kahl - The Bootstrapped Founder

Welcome to Impactful, the show where I speak to one of my friends about what has impacted them most in their life. This could be a book that changed your perspective, a tool that made your life better or just a small thing that brings you joy. Hopefully, you'll come away from this conversation feeling inspired or with new things to explore. What impacted Arvid Kahl: Learning to fail is fine Financial literacy Learning how to cook Understanding what freedom is References from this episode The Obs...

Oct 24, 2021•12 min•Ep. 1

Impactful Trailer - how you'll be inspired by what impacts others

You can expect a short, 10-15 minute show every week that you can digest over your lunch break, your morning walk, or even when you're doing the dishes. I'll be talking to entrepreneurs, indie hackers, well-known founders, and other interesting people that I bump into throughout my life. I want to hear the things that have really changed people's lives and find out why. I'm James McKinven, a podcast producer and host of the indie bites show. I'm finding inspiration in the conversations I have of...

Oct 24, 2021•55 sec

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