5 Whys

Benefit: Understand core reason
Prerequisites:

Description

By asking why multiple times we can have a deeper understanding on the causes of the higher level problem.

The goal is to land on a what or a how.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys

Practice

1. Define something you have done/will do
2. Ask why
3. Answer why
4. Repeat from #2

Example-1

1. I want to visit my mom every week.
2. • Why do I want to visit my mom every week?
   • Because I feel like she is going to pass away and I don’t want to regret not being with her enough.
3. • Why do I feel like I will regret that I wasn’t with her enough?
   • Because I feel like I need to make up for it.
4. • Why do I feel like I need to make up for it?
   • Because I’ve avoided her and acted bad towards her all my childhood.
5. • Why did I avoid her and acted bad towards her all my childhood?
   • Because I wanted to explore my sexuality but she was always so controlling that I couldn’t.

A1.

• Why was she so controlling?
• Because she was afraid that I would get pregnant.

A2.

• Why was she afraid that I would get pregnant?
• Because she never taught me anything about how sexuality works.

A3.

• Why didn’t she teach those stuff?
• Because she was raised in a society that forbids such talk.

B1.

• Why did I want to explore my sexuality?
• Because I got a blast of hormons when I became a teenager.

Extra

Feel free to use this tool for branching your thoughts.