Problem Solving - Einstein

"You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created."

I believe this means that you have to remove yourself from the situation the problem occurred in before your can fix it. You have to be able to look at the problem and give it the necessary amount of time and respect to make the right decision for the situation. Removing yourself from the situation and objectively analyzing a situation will give you the ability to make the best decision for solving the problem no matter how personally you may be affected.

When problems are created there is a specific set of circumstances that caused them to happen. Those circumstances make it difficult to fully appreciate the problem and to effectively analyze it.

You can't clean the mud off your shoes while you are still standing in the mud.

— Albert Einstein, Swiss-American mathematician, physicist and public philosopher (1879-1955)