Wisdom From Einstein

About This Talk

Chris shares one of his favorite quotes, which he credits to Einstein: “We can’t solve our problems today with the same thinking that we used when we created them.” He explains that past decisions were made with the knowledge of the time. He asks listeners to bring what they know now to old problems, and to stop judging themselves for how they got there.

Key Ideas

• Past decisions were made with the information, feelings and thoughts you had at the time.
• Today you have a new knowledge base, so apply your current thinking instead of the thinking that created the problem.
• Don’t judge yourself for how you got here; you now have the chance to change it with different thinking.

“Doesn’t matter how you got there. Don’t worry about it, because you made whatever decision you made at the time based on whatever information, feelings, thoughts that you had.”