Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions
Carlo Mahfouz
Top 10 Best Quotes
“We listen to learn. If we are not learning, we are not listening.”
“We are not different in our humanity, yet we are unique as humans.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Time is the author of change. Without time, there is no change, or at least we cannot reason about it in any other way.”
“There is almost always a context which sits on the edge which is commandeering our attention, and we are oblivious to it.”
“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.”
“Listening is the peak manifestation of being present in the now without any constraints.”
“Language is the greatest invention humans have created in order to connect with each other, but it is our greatest prisoner too”
“In certainty, the future relieves us, and in uncertainty, it leaves us distraught.”
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