James Laughlin argues burnout stems from core wounds, often rooted in childhood. He recommends therapy and the Five Whys exercise to find root causes instead of treating symptoms, sharing his own wound tied to his father.
Do you believe there's multiple mountains that we surmount in our life, or is there one? Well, there could be one real core mountain. I mean, it could be a childhood wound, but usually there's several. But there could be one core. And this is where I'm a big believer in counseling and therapy. I mean, this is where a really good counselor can help you figure out what's the cause. See, sometimes we just treat symptoms. As human beings, we treat symptoms like, I can take care of that. Well, what you might take care of is a symptom. You're not taking care of the problem. And I just encourage people to understand, you know, go. Jim Collins in his book Built to Last, had the five whys. That's a really powerful exercise. Why? And then why? And then why? And then suddenly you're now peeling away all the layers of the onion to understand. Well, and I know my core wound was my dad and just being so driven to try to please him.
