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Do Guru's Know When They Are Guru's?

by freemen14
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...Just wondering?
#guru #guru's
  • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
    LOL this should be interesting.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kysersoze
    LOL good question. Confucius says if one has to ask himself if he/she is a "Guru" chances are that he or she has not yet reached such a enviable status lol.
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    • Profile picture of the author JulianKane
      They think, therefore they are... lol.
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    • Profile picture of the author rcritchett
      Originally Posted by Kysersoze View Post

      LOL good question. Confucius says if one has to ask himself if he/she is a "Guru" chances are that he or she has not yet reached such a enviable status lol.
      I'm with this! I think that now a days, the person who becomes an expert, positions himself (or herself!) as an expert.

      I read this study on the psychological and biochemical effects of body language.. posing like you're confident and actually moving your body that way.

      The study showed that just posing this way actually induces an increase in testosterone in the body at that moment.

      Increase your internet testosterone, study like a madman, learn as much as you can and position yourself as a guru!
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    What actually makes a guru a guru? At what stage do they become a guru? Is it when they are good at what they do and can teach others or is it when they reach a particular income?

    I'm sure there are probably many people that reach those criteria but aren't considered one of the big guru's. Maybe it's just when you go around promoting yourself as a guru!

    I knew I was a guru as soon as I was born. Yep, born to guru bieatch!
    Norb is a guru! Although he might not go around promoting himself as a 'big guru' (other than in this thread) I think he is one!
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    • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
      Originally Posted by ncmedia View Post

      "Do you know when you're confident enough to charge for what you teach?"
      Well, like I said that puts you in 'guru' league!

      Ok, I won't call you a guru if you don't like that slimey, disgusting word!

      We'll stick to 'expert'!
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Do morons know when they are morons?
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    • Profile picture of the author scrofford
      Originally Posted by tpw View Post

      Do morons know when they are morons?
      I keep tellin ya I not tarded! sheesh! I not! I not tarded!
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    • Profile picture of the author sal64
      Originally Posted by tpw View Post

      Do morons know when they are morons?
      Thanks to my parents, I was totally aware by the age of 4. Go figure.
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  • Profile picture of the author scrofford
    If you can catch the fly with the chopsticks, you have reached "gooroo" status lol! The only guru I know is Guru Pitka...The love gooroo!
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  • Profile picture of the author Lazy
    If someone ever calls me a guru...i might die of embarrassment.

    An expert, sure. But a guru? No thanks.
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    • Profile picture of the author J.M.Wilson
      Originally Posted by ncmedia View Post

      Who farted?
      Fantastic post!
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    • Profile picture of the author Clubland
      Originally Posted by ncmedia View Post

      Who farted?
      Sorry, i thought no one was about.
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      • Profile picture of the author sal64
        I once saw a herd of cows walking down the road. One bovine was out ahead of the rest... was it a Mooroo?
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      • Profile picture of the author Devid Farah
        I think there are a couple of signs that can show a person whether or not he is a guru.

        If you have knowledge gained through life experience, trial and error, formal education, or some other means that that average person does not then that is the first sign.

        If you can be successful at something and help others replicate that success, then that is also a good sign.

        If you are able to answer the majority of questions that people have on a certain topic thoroughly.

        If you have all of the above qualities, then I think it would be safe to say that you are a guru.
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        • Profile picture of the author KEY
          since I have direct contact with a person that some
          would call a guru. I think the term is best applied to
          someone that is able to translate what they have learned
          and what they do into a method/course and then (actually)
          help others along that same path.

          just selling 'stuff' and making a lot of money, does not
          in my mind qualify! guru = teacher

          just a funny perspective...he told me that while he has
          made over a million on the net? that the 'guys' give him
          a ribbing as he has yet to make a million in a year, and
          that while he hopes to hit that this year, they will then
          say "yeah, well make that in a month!"

          my take away was that it all depends on where you are
          standing and looking at the time.

          KEY (eric)
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by freemen14 View Post

    Do Guru's Know When They Are Guru's?
    They "must do": they tell you so themselves.
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by freemen14 View Post

    ...Just wondering?
    The guru who knows he is a guru is no guru.
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  • Profile picture of the author J.M.Wilson
    When you walk out the house wearing pink trousers and a sheepskin coat coupled with a gold plated walking cane, you can be pretty sure you are indeed a Guru.

    I've only got the cane as of now, but I'm saving hard for the trousers!
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  • Profile picture of the author tryinhere
    what does the word guru really mean ? Noticed this the other day / Australian indigenous (The Archeology of The Dharawal People of NSW) word for guru is quite fitting.

    guru = deep water
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    Engelbert Humperdinck Wow long time since I've heard that name!

    Ok Mr Urug - we won't call you a guru
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris The Traffic Blogger
    A guru is what others call you, not what you call yourself. Lots of people consider me the Guru for wow gold guides, but I'm not even #1 in the niche yet. It's all about what other people think.

    Gurus would keep on doing what they were doing even if no one called them anything.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rod Cortez
    They do know.....once they launch their first $1,497 or $1,997 infoproduct.

    RoD
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    I am definately a guru.... for sure, that is - in picking my nose!!!

    But I will be honest and say that it can get me into a few sticky situations LOL
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    • Profile picture of the author The Bad Blogger
      Originally Posted by celente View Post

      I am definately a guru.... for sure, that is - in picking my nose!!!

      But I will be honest and say that it can get me into a few sticky situations LOL
      HAHAHA... if you are a guru then I think I'm a guru, that is - digging my ears... lol... although sometime it did smell bad ROFL
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  • Profile picture of the author mojojuju
    A Guru get's a letter in the mail once he becomes a guru, informing him or her of attainment of guru status.
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    • Profile picture of the author BillyParadise
      Who was it that said.... "those who can, do. those who can't, teach."
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      • Profile picture of the author paulie888
        Originally Posted by BillyParadise View Post

        Who was it that said.... "those who can, do. those who can't, teach."
        Well, going by that definition, then I'd define a true guru as someone who is capable of both doing and teaching!

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        • Profile picture of the author sal64
          Currently a Do-Roo.

          Working hard at becoming a guru.
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      interesting and amusing comments
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    • Profile picture of the author The Bad Blogger
      Why is there this work guru when there are already masters, experts and professional .... :confused:is guru something bigger then those words.... I'm not sure when can someone get call a guru... may be is just a word to joke with your friends but I guess... everyone is a guru for the reason... everyone was born to do something and that something is what you are good at...
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  • Profile picture of the author Palusko
    If the person's name appears in the tag cloud on salty droid, he might be a guru.
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  • Profile picture of the author King Shiloh
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    They don't know until a veteran guru tests them and tells them that they have passed the "guru-graduate test". How do I know?

    If a student sets a test for himself, chances are that he will pass himself but if a teacher or a higher student sets the test for the same student, chances are that he might fail woefully.
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonmorgan
    The Official Guru Certificate of Authenticity is available through the Guru Institute and is delivered via certified mail to notify someone when they have reached Guru status.

    If a person cannot present to you their Official Guru Certificate of Authenticity, they are not a true guru.

    Be careful of fraudulent guru's.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bruce Wedding
    They're the ones all the pie-eyed noobs are following around, pointing at, at IM seminars. Or walking up to them and asking idiotic noob questions instead of, "Can I buy you a beer?"
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  • Profile picture of the author MichaelHiles
    I've heard that it's like Skull & Crossbones. You'll get tapped when it's time, and you'd better be prepared to drop whatever you're doing and go.

    They have a secret handshake - watch closely at the next seminar you attend.

    And sometimes when they get together, they wear these snazzy white apron things made from lambskin... with some sort of magick symbols embroidered on it.

    And I've also heard of the orgies at the mansion, where they show up in masks and speak a password to get inside.

    Tom Cruise sneaked in once. That didn't work out so well.
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  • Profile picture of the author cookingdiva
    I am not sure. I bet some real gurus out there are quietly making money somewhere and not many will truly know about them.

    Some experts truly wants to help others and achieve what they have and they share and help while helping themselves.

    I know one thing, I am no where close to being guru. I feel surrounded by many expert people who know lot more than me.
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    • Profile picture of the author tpw
      Originally Posted by newnoob View Post

      I am not sure. I bet some real gurus out there are quietly making money somewhere and not many will truly know about them.

      If you only realized how close to the truth you were, when you said that...
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      • Profile picture of the author King Shiloh
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        Originally Posted by tpw View Post

        If you only realized how close to the truth you were, when you said that...
        He won't realize until he's through with spamming the forum in the thread he started a while ago.
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      • Profile picture of the author Chris Worner
        Originally Posted by tpw View Post

        If you only realized how close to the truth you were, when you said that...
        I didn't know gurus live in trailer parks! :p

        Chris
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    • Profile picture of the author sal64
      Originally Posted by newnoob View Post

      I am not sure. I bet some real gurus out there are quietly making money somewhere and not many will truly know about them.

      Some experts truly wants to help others and achieve what they have and they share and help while helping themselves.

      I know one thing, I am no where close to being guru. I feel surrounded by many expert people who know lot more than me.
      If that is the case, then they are not gurus in the pure sense. Only highly successful experts.

      Guru status is when you have a crowd of loyal people who despite having failed miserably with all your other products, keep spending thousands on all of your new products... and ask to have a photo taken with said guru at seminar events using their cell phone.

      That's when you know that you have arrived, because only master marketers can achieve such miracles.
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        Originally Posted by sal64 View Post

        If that is the case, then they are not gurus in the pure sense. Only highly successful experts.

        Guru status is when you have a crowd of loyal people who despite having failed miserably with all your other products, keep spending thousands on all of your new products... and ask to have a photo taken with said guru at seminar events using their cell phone.

        That's when you know that you have arrived, because only master marketers can achieve such miracles.
        Social proof can be a very powerful thing, and we see this herd mentality exhibited all over the place, and not just the internet. A guru typically plays into the psychology behind this herd tendency to create a horde of raving fans.
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  • Profile picture of the author TZ
    I HATE the use of that misused word.

    The people who make enough money online to stay home and not work for "the man"
    have experience, and they know how traffic is created. That is the only difference between a so-called newbie and a full-timer.

    One person's answer to make a full time living may be an activity that others would hate. I have friend who said he would hate my job. As he said it,

    "I could never just stay at home and type on a computer all day"

    I get that. It's just a choice in lifestyle choice.

    One thing FOR SURE - you can make a full time living online and my wife and I have been working at home full time since 2005 now. It's not some fantasy. It's very real when you finally realize how search engines work.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberSorcerer
    I was a Guru when I was born. To this day though, I just haven't figure out in what?
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  • Profile picture of the author paulie888
    They probably do, especially when they discover that they get mobbed at live events, but the true Gurus are not really interested in fame, and will tend to downplay this aspect.
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  • Profile picture of the author vok
    A Guru is the term someone calls themselves when they think that they're masters of the universe within this industry, over inflated egos most of the time. I'd run a mile away from anyone who says they're a Guru in anything.

    If you really are an expert at something, say you're an expert if you have ground to stand on when making a bold statement like that. But don't start calling yourself a Guru, people are going to start laughing at you for one.
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  • Profile picture of the author gekko2.0
    I think a real "guru" knows they have reached guru status by either their bank account or by the amount of people asking them for advice.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulie888
      Originally Posted by gekko2.0 View Post

      I think a real "guru" knows they have reached guru status by either their bank account or by the amount of people asking them for advice.
      A big bank account alone does not necessarily indicate guru status, but having many people constantly ask for advice in your chosen field is usually a fairly reliable indicator.
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  • Profile picture of the author theemperor
    You are a "Guru" if your Clickbank gravity is at least 500. (If you are not on Clickbank you are not a "Guru").
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  • Profile picture of the author ilovejdmtoy
    they think they are, therefore they are what they think
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  • Profile picture of the author neodarth
    I didn't came up with any clever answer to this thread... so I'm probably not a guru...
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    I have crossed the Valley of Tribulations and ascended the Mountain of Introspection, whereupon I contemplate the Meaning of Life day in and day out.

    Others climb my Mountain and lay Sums of Money at my feet for the privilege of asking me one question.

    Does this make me a Guru?

    Perhaps to them ... but from the mountaintop one can see that I have found a way to make money while lazing around on my arse!

    Had you going, eh?
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    • Profile picture of the author neodarth
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      I have crossed the Valley of Tribulations and ascended the Mountain of Introspection, whereupon I contemplate the Meaning of Life day in and day out.

      Others climb my Mountain and lay Sums of Money at my feet for the privilege of asking me one question.

      Does this make me a Guru?

      Perhaps to them ... but from the mountaintop one can see that I have found a way to make money while lazing around on my arse!

      Had you going, eh?
      See? That's what I'm talking about!
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