DB Toxic BLOG

Hello all, Sorry it's been so long since our last update or post, but life has definitely been busy for us lately. However, no need to worry as we're finally available to get back online and start up our newest review! This time it's going to be a book that would be a huge help in any of our lives especially our younger viewers. A book called "10 Simple Solutions for Building Self-Esteem." written by a Glenn R. Schiraldi. The Tag Line of the book is " How to End Self-Doubt, Gain Confidence and Create a Positive Self Image.  Let...

Hello all, We did not BLOG last week, and I almost was not going to today.  But, with all that is going on, I feel I want to say something. DB Toxic’s purpose is to encourage self-betterment.  I know that any change for the better in myself must start with my courage to be honest with myself and admit I need to work on who I am.  I have sought out counseling for this purpose.  I read books that I feel are helpful for me.  I journal to get my thoughts out and work them out, for the better.  I...

Hello all, This is it, the finial chapter of Mark Manson’s book – Everything is #@%!ed, A Book About Hope.  This book kept me wanting to read on.  The last chapter takes an odd turn to me.  The introduction of AI and how our world is already being influenced by this tech.  The growth of AI may seek out conflict for us humans to generate a new hope that we seem to need.  Mark states that “we are algorithms based on values and knowledge and hope.” (223)  Our never-ending cycle is, “by the nature of our algorithms, can produce no...

Hello and welcome to chapter 8 Noah's view- In this chapter Mark talks about the feeling brain once again. This time talking about how it affects the economy and how we buy. To start out the chapter Mark tells of how cigarettes were first marketed towards women. A man named “Edward Bernays” looked at the way cigarettes were being marketed and realized, there was a better way of doing it. If he just appealed to whatever the buyer wanted, and made the cigarettes look like they’ll change the person into who they want to be, people will buy. And it...

Hello all, We are nearing the end of Mark Manson’s book, Everything is #@%!ed – A Book About Hope, the first book that Noah and I picked to do our first review of.  After this look into chapter 7 we only have two more chapters to go.  If you have read a book that you found personally helpful, that you feel would be a good candidate for our book reviews, please share it with us. In seven, we found out about the presence of “pain.”  I like the logic that Mark shares, that even when things are going well, that...