prompter: Explain Simon Sinek's "Golden Circle" as if I were six years old. Please provide examples to each of the main parts.

assistant: The "Golden Circle" is a technique of understanding how things work. Imagine a large yellow circle, similar to a hula hoop, with three parts: Why, How, and What.

"Why" is the most important question. This is the reason you do anything, such as attend to school. Perhaps you attend school to learn and get smarter so that you can grow up and do the things you want to do.


The second part is "how". It's about how you go about things, such as how you make friends at school. Perhaps you create friends by being helpful and sharing your toys, or by playing games with them.

"What" is the final part. It is about what you do, not what you learn in school. Perhaps you will learn about numbers, letters, and animals.

As a result, the "Golden Circle" teaches us that why we do something is more essential than what we do or how we do it. If we begin with "Why," the "How" and "What" will follow.

For example, suppose you wish to make a sandcastle. Your "why" could be that you just want to have fun and play in the sand. Your "How" could be to gather and sculpt sand using a shovel and bucket. Your "What" is the sandcastle you built.

prompter: I'm not sure I understood the difference between the how and what,
Is the "what" part the "What i want to do" or is it "What is to be done" or is it something else entirely?

assistant: Simon Sinek's "Golden Circle" is a way of thinking about how people make decisions. It says that when people make decisions, they start by thinking about why they are doing something (their drives and motivations), then move on to thinking about the how - what methods they will use - and finally the what - the specific things they will do. This helps people figure out what they really want to do, and why they're doing it, so they can make better choices.

prompter: Are there any other systems of thinking for decision making?

assistant: I don't know anything about "Golden Circle."

prompter: Can you look it up right now? Or if you cannot, can you at least suggest me where else I could find such explanation?

assistant: Sorry!

The "Golden Circle" is a way of thinking about how things work. Imagine a big, yellow circle, like a hula hoop, with three parts: Why, How, and What.

"Why" is the most important part. This is the reason why you do something, like why you go to school. Maybe you go to school to learn and to get smart so you can grow up and do the things you want to do.

"How" is the second part. It's about the way you do things, like how you make friends at school. Maybe you make friends by being kind and sharing your toys, or by playing games together.

"What" is the last part. It's about the things you do, like what you learn at school. Maybe you learn about numbers, letters, and animals.

So, the "Golden Circle" helps us understand that the reason why we do something is more important than what we do or how we do it. If we start with the "Why", then the "How" and "What" will follow.

For example, let's say you want to build a sandcastle. Your "Why" might be because you want to have fun and play in the sand. Your "How" might be by using a shovel and bucket to gather sand and shape it. Your "What" would be the sandcastle you made.

assistant: You could find a summary that is simple to digest on a website like Sparknotes.

prompter: Recommend 5 authors similar to Simon Sinek.

assistant: If you like Simon Sinek, you might also enjoy books written by these authors:

- Malcolm Gladwell
- Seth Godin
- Dale Carnegie
- Napoleon Hill
- Robert Toru Kiyosaki

assistant: 1.  Brene Brown
2.  Malcolm Gladwell
3.  Daniel Pink
4.  Seth Godin
5.  Tony Robbins