Jillian Michaels

For years, I always thought it was hilarious that I was this fitness guru, because fitness was just a tool I utilized to help people improve their confidence. For me, it's never been about fitness. It's always been about helping to empower people.

American Athlete

Jiddu Krishnamurti

If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when you are afraid of your husband or your wife, you lose your dignity as an individual human being.

Indian Philosopher

Koena Mitra

In my life, I only kept learning different dance forms, yoga forms. From my gurus, I have learned how to be disciplined and consistency. Do a particular thing continuously, you will get the results.

Indian Actress

Geeta Phogat

I want to tell the students to follow their heart and respect their parents and teachers as they are their ultimate gurus.

American Wrestler

Jeff Bridges

There are so many things that pop up. If you are paying attention, you can learn every second of the day. Life is my guru.

American Actor

Ramana Maharshi

I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not be in a human form.

Kailash Kher

My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.

Indian Musician

Ram Dass

I hang out with my guru in my heart. And I love every thing in the universe. That's all I do all day.

American Psychologist

Ilaiyaraaja

In whosever presence you find peace of mind, devoid of fear, only that person can be your guru.

Kiku Sharda

I am a God-fearing person. Ours is a religious family and I respect all religious gurus.

Indian Comedian

Refers to someone with deep knowledge in newer fields like technology or business.

Modern Expertise

'Guru' is often used informally to describe someone who's the go-to person for advice.

Colloquial Use

Conveys a level of respect and admiration for the person's skill and knowledge.

Respected Figure

Primarily used in a religious or spiritual context, especially in Hinduism or Sikhism.

Spiritual Teacher

'Guru' implies not only a teacher but also someone deserving deep respect in Eastern cultures.

Cultural Reverence

While 'guru' has broad applications, be mindful not to equate all teachers with 'guru' in religious contexts.

Religious Domain

Indicates someone who shapes your skills or beliefs significantly, usually over time.

Formative Influence

A 'guru' in this sense often acts as a personal adviser, not just a teacher.

Beyond Teaching

It suggests a closer, more informal relationship than a typical teacher-student dynamic.

Personal Mentorship

 But, see, it's not working, because the self-help industry today has a higher recidivism rate because it's more focused on teaching you how to accept being a failure and lower your acceptance level than it is about pushing you to be perfect. See, these doctors, therapists and self-help gurus

We should aim for...

 wrong thing parents can learn a lot from that but to me adapt all the time means something deeper too we have to break parents out of this straitjacket that the only ideas we can try at home are ones that come from shrinks or self-help gurus or other family experts the truth

Agile programming -- for...

 and he had a very difficult form of drug-resistant tuberculosis. All of the gurus in the world, the global health gurus, said it is not cost-effective to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis. It's too complicated. It's too expensive. You just can't do it. It can't be done.

Doesn't everyone deserve...

 We have to break parents out of this straitjacket that the only ideas we can try at home are ones that come from shrinks or self-help gurus or other family experts. The truth is, their ideas are stale, whereas in all these other worlds there are these new ideas

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 computer wizards, software gurus. But that too is transforming the Indian story around the world. But, there is something more substantive to that. The story rests on a fundamental platform of political pluralism. It's a civilizational story to begin with.

Why nations should...

 they bring it to them or as I said earlier we have seen buffaloes also getting affected by mange and the other animals that also get affected like the wildebeest also get affected by mange also gurus apparently which have us of

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 Now, when we are anxious over choices, sometimes we easily give our power of choice away. We identify with the guru who tells us what to do, self-help therapist, or we embrace a totalitarian leader

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 the way that he expressed himself has lifted me up. And so I come to you today not as a researcher or an educator or a guru or even a life coach,

What Bruce Lee can teach...

 I'll leave you all with this. We only have one life to live. 110 years maximum if you are a health guru and you have great health insurance.

How a "Hi Level" Mindset...

 now lalala I'm sorry be countin because becomes a bigger engine laughter guru who can't you perfect

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