the best advice derren brown has picked up from self help books

In his book "Confessions of a Conjurer" Derren Brown explains that he has love for self help books and has read many over the years. 

​I noted his top 10 bits of advice that he has picked up from them.  In the book he provides a full explanation of the advice and why it is useful. 

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1.       We look for information that confirm our beliefs

2.       When we are desperate we grasp at anything

3.       We are built to make patterns out of randomness

4.       We believe we are more in control of random events than we actually are

5.       The more vivid an idea/event is the more likely is seems

6.       We are scared of the unknown and hate loss more than we think

7.       We view any question in the eyes of the questioner – framing

8.       It is possible to open our eyes and be awake during REM sleep and still dream.

9.       Vibrations can cause our eyes to detect shadows in the corners of our vision that are not there

10.      We think we are more unusual than we are