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Big Trust: Rewire Self-Doubt, Find Your Confidence and Fuel Success

by Shadé Zahrai (Goodreads Author)

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Ezraella Ezraelle said: " Have you ever gotten this feeling that, you know, something might not be right. That deep in the back of your mind, everything should be fine on paper but theres something, something invisible that leaves you... skeptical

so I'm going to be very abru Have you ever gotten this feeling that, you know, something might not be right. That deep in the back of your mind, everything should be fine on paper but theres something, something invisible that leaves you... skeptical

so I'm going to be very abrupt and honest in this review, I picked up this book on self-doubt for my music career because honestly, I'm struggling a lot with my own self-doubt when it comes to my own artistry. I really like how this book is guided and I feel like there is some genuine good merit and trustworthiness with this book. I believe Shade is a well versed doctor in her given fields and it shows. It makes me interested in what she offers in terms of services for self-doubt or coaching.

However (a very big however), there is but one concern that gets me really skeptical about everything. I'll be blunt, I am an avid user of AI and I can tell which types of writing has been... influenced... by ai of some sort. I am not claiming or doubting the craftsmanship of knowledge that Dr. Shade has probably had to experience or learn (through science based research) a lot of the wisdom that pertains this book, in fact I'm very happy this book exists because I do feel my own self-doubt being managed more-so because of it. But... My goodness am I seeing so much blatant uses of ai. Maybe not so much in the final editing process, but (forgive me for my Gen-Z dialect) the structure is giving ai written material.

Not to say that's an inherently bad thing, maybe for the target audience of people who self-doubts themselves (which is virtually everyone) this could've been the best case use of making your material palatable to the average person - akin to Mark Manson's "The subtle art of not giving a f*ck". But man it leaves me super skeptical about which material about this book are kind of made up of ai and not scientifically researched or well-versed by experience. Just this skepticism alone is caused by having AI written dialect.

But still, I think it's not an inherently bad book, and by far a misleading one. This is a book all about trusting yourself. But for a self-help book you would at least think it would be a lot more "connection-based writing", a heart to heart kind of writing to the reader, instead I'm left wondering if I was better off just prompting my AI "how to overcome self-doubt" instead of reading 300 pages worth of AI prompted material. NOT saying that's what she did, I'm sure this book was well thought out. it just gives me that ick I can't explain.

Anyways good, timeless material nonetheless. ...more "

Jan 20, 2026 08:55PM · see review