Why is it so easy to see what a person needs to do and you sometimes struggles so much to see what you need to do?

You mean that you are closer to another person than yourself?

@twistermind: no. to the problem. everything looks simple and easy at a distance. you don't have any of the details to weigh you down. sometimes getting back from a problem can help show you a path to a solution. if you're too close to many problems they look insurmountable. like forced perspective in disney makes it look like the magic kingdom goes on for hundreds of miles. but if you walk 5, you find the buildings are only 3 feet tall out there.