The 5-Y Technique!!
Scene: A counselling session( a student and a counselor are in a room ).

{ Representation, C: Counselor, S : Student}

The student opens up.

“I feel I can’t speak in speak in public. Public speaking is not my cup of tea “ says the student.

The counsellor clears his throat :“Lets examine your problem ”

Session starts with a bunch of questions,

C: why do u feel you can’t speak?

S: I stammer while I speak. People will not like it.

C: Why do you stammer?

S: I have a lot of fear while pronouncing the words. I pronounce the words improperly.

C: why do you pronounce it improperly?

S: If I mispronounce it, teacher would leave me and give me an excuse . So I don’t have to give the presentation.

C: Why do you need an excuse?

S: I can escape from that presentation task and I would get sympathy from teachers too.

C: Now, I get it . You are using an escape technique like stammering to escape from the tasks provided to you. And you got used to it.

So, from the conversation we can understand two things, one the student uses an escape technique as a protection and another thing is that the root cause of the problem is identified.

The counsellor uses a technique called 5-Y technique to analyze the problem.

The 5 why technique- is a brilliant tool to find the root cause of a problem.

So, If are struggling with a problem in mind , just asks why, why , why ….., till you find the root cause.
['Shalini Mahalingam']
['Self-awareness', 'Self', 'Improvement', 'Self Improvement', 'Students']