Reality Check Quotes

“There is almost always a context which sits on the edge which is commandeering our attention and we are oblivious to it. And for us to be aware of it we need to break out of the cycle of distractions we are in.”
― Carlo Mahfouz, Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions

“In certainty, the future relieves us, and in uncertainty, it leaves us distraught.”
― Carlo Mahfouz, Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions

“We are making a decision in every moment, which defines the moment after. And in some way, each question is a micro-decision. Each assessment and reading of the now is the best input we have for what we do next.”
― Carlo Mahfouz, Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions

“We are not different in our humanity, yet we are unique as humans.”
― Carlo Mahfouz, Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions

“Listening is the peak manifestation of being present in the now without any constraints.”
― Carlo Mahfouz, Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions

“Language is the greatest invention humans have created in order to connect with each other, but it is our greatest prisoner too”
― Carlo Mahfouz, Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions

“To ask the right questions is to not look for an answer. And as such, the right questions to ask are the ones that give us a better understanding.

The ones that get us closer to an answer but not the answer. Perfect conditions do not exist in the real world as everything continuously changes, and the context shifts with time, and our bias colors it.”
― Carlo Mahfouz, Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions

“Time is the author of change. Without time, there is no change, or at least we cannot reason about it in any other way.”
― Carlo Mahfouz, Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions

“There is almost always a context which sits on the edge which is commandeering our attention, and we are oblivious to it.”
― Carlo Mahfouz, Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions

“We listen to learn. If we are not learning, we are not listening.”
― Carlo Mahfouz, Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions