Every Woman Visionary: The GURU is U

Dawn Z Bournand

Have you ever had the experience of hearing something put in just such a way that you wonder how you ever missed seeing it that way before?  That was my experience the other day when listening to the wonderful Jean Houston speaking.  She said something so obvious and so true I couldn’t believe that I had not seen it before.  In her deeply wise voice she pronounced “GURU stands for Gee U (you) are  U (you)”.  Is that not fantastic?

It is such a perfect way of saying what is so very important to know:  you already have all the answers inside of you, you are indeed your own guru. This is not to say that having coaches, mentors or leaders is a bad thing.  We all need help every once in a while to find the best way to do something from those who have been there and done that.  Yet, it is always very important to check in with your inner wisdom, your deepest source of knowledge, to get a feeling for what is really and truly BEST for you.

Here I am as a coach and mentor myself telling you that you already have the answers.  It may seem a bit contradictory,but it is not. It is essential to understand how incredible you are before you can achieve all the amazing things you are capable of doing.

When was the last time you complimented yourself?  If you are like most people it is somewhere in between far too long ago to almost never.  We (and this is especially true for women) are so quick to notice when someone else is doing something right.  Praise and recognition are wonderful things and should be used abundantly and that is doubly true when it comes to you.  I’m not talking about having an inflated ego –  it is simply a matter of noticing when you do something good and not continually putting yourself on a comparison scale and judging that you fall short each time.

Gee yoU aRe yoU can now become your new motto.  Use it when you first wake up in the morning and look at your marvelously messed up hair and sleep filled eyes in the mirror.  U are fantastic, U are going to have an amazing day and U are going to make contributions that no one else will be able to make in exactly the same way.  There will be moments or days when you don’t feel so GURUish and those are the times when you reach out to like minded friends, coaches or mentors to remind you how incredible you really are.

Let’s face it, great people accomplish great things.  You are already among those select few –  you just need to realize it.  Now this may all sound like a rah rah pep talk but I truly believe if you are here reading this right now… there is a reason.  This is your wake-up call.  Now go and do something Fabulous!  You’re a GURU, after all.

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DAWN Z BOURNAND is founder of Fabulously Successful, a personal and professional transformation company for women the world over. An expat American living in Paris, Dawn was motivated by the incredibly positive opportunities transformation has brought to her own life.  She now shares her empowering message of fulfillment through focused change across the globe.  Her writing has appeared in the award-winning book Conscious Entrepreneurs, and the anthologies The Law of Attraction in Action and The Power of 100. She has chaired panels and spoken from Dubai to Paris to New York.

Dawn is proud to be in the inaugural issue of The Spirited Woman Directory, which is bringing together women from around the world in a massive collaborative effort. Women from six countries and 25 states are featured in the magazine-style digital Directory celebrating the “every woman” visionary, who are inspiring and changing the world, one Spirited Woman step at a time.