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ABOUT THE EPISODE
Could the lights in your office and the phone in your hand be wrecking your sleep? I sat down with Daniel Ebbett, founder of Block Blue Light, who went from fit powerlifter to insomnia and severe migraines about two months into a graduate IT job in Sydney.
When doctors had no answers, Daniel treated his body like an IT system and hunted for the root cause. He explains the light receptors in your eyes that tell your brain it is daytime, why he says most cheap blue light glasses miss the 450 to 460 nanometre band your screens give off, and why he says you need a day lens plus a red or amber one after sunset.
We also get into building the business beside his day job, testing a new country before stocking it, and the 3,000 pairs of glasses he oiled by hand with a syringe.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Is indoor light hurting your sleep?
06:08 From powerlifter to insomnia
10:41 Treating his body like an IT system
16:46 What's wrong with indoor light?
18:33 Why do screens at night keep you up?
22:15 Staying healthy in an office job
26:35 Do cheap blue light glasses work?
29:12 Daytime lens vs night lens
33:44 Building the business on the side
37:54 Why he never packed an order
41:40 Selling before anyone searched for it
52:53 First, find product market fit
55:18 Dropshipping and testing new markets
59:20 What he'd tell his younger self
1:08:02 3,000 glasses and a syringe of oil
1:11:06 Three tips for a life like his
1:14:11 What is the meaning of life?
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Each week I explore the pillars of a full life - health, wealth & wisdom - through interviews with the world's leading experts, thinkers and operators who embody one or more of these pillars on a world-class level. Hosted by Adam Metwally.
