The How and the Why People

This post is going to be a bit psychology-ish, just for your information. I learned about it recently and I thought I should share it with my readers. It’s actually something that we can use to define ourselves, based on the way we think in our daily lives while doing our daily routines. Basically, there are two types of people out there. The How people and the Why people.

You may be wondering which one you are, well this is how these two types are briefly defined.

The How people: These type of people always ask themselves the How questions in their mind in everything they do. They only wonder what will they be doing later, how will it be done, how long will it take….questions that are very straightforward and mostly like a yes or no questions dominate the minds of these How people. They are never known for thinking further into what they will be doing, just as long as it is something right and should be done.

The Why people: As you should have guessed by now, the Why people are generally known as the deep thinkers. They are the ones who go further in their thoughts and ask the why questions in what they do. They wonder why things don’t work at times, they wonder why the sky is blue not purple. The Why people may seem smarter as they take the time to think about their actions but this is not always the case.

In general, this is how these two types of personality is being defined. I do hope you understand from such a short paragraph about each personality and try to think which one are you. It is not to help you define yourself as a whole, but more of a guide to help you understand yourself better as a human being.

Another thing to note, just because you think you are either one of these personalities does not mean you are always just that personality. Our minds work in a very unique way and it cannot be easily defined by just either one of these two personalities being noted. That is why, it is also important to understand that your mind is capable of generating both How and Why questions. You should evaluate yourself by the frequency of both questions. Which type of questions dominate your mind mostly?

And just to clarify, being in either of the personalities do not bring any effects on how you are as a human. It does not mean that by being one of the personalities, you are stupider than those of the other personality or likewise. Both personalities have their perks and we should embrace it because we are who we are.