Happy New Year, everyone!
I am starting the year off with a tone of gratitude harmonized with deep appreciation for all of the work that the Guru Crew (staff) and our clients and partners accomplished in 2018. I am also energized for the exciting collaborations we embark upon beginning today!
With the spaciousness of rest just before the new year, I was reflecting back on the inspiring achievements of the year and forward toward our North Star in the years to come.
In so doing, one must ask the self-reflecting questions: “Who are we?” and “What does the world need from us?” What kept coming up for me harkens back to the original reason I named the agency, “Guru.”
Guru means “sage” or “teacher” as a noun, and “from dark to light” as a verb. A guru does not necessarily hold the answers, but acts as a powerful mirror to facilitate the answers from within the student. We fully embrace this inclusive collective nature of the guru with the domain and handle “WeAreGuru” to showcase our business partners’ roles in their own and the world’s solutions.
We believe that business has an important role – perhaps the most important role at present – in increasing joy and reducing suffering on this planet. Moving businesses “from dark to light” and helping the impactful, conscious businesses we collaborate with to thrive will have a reverberating impact for generations to come.
So, that is who we are. And to further punctuate what the world needs from us, I reflect on one final aspect of “Guru,” which is that of holding the higher vision. Here at Guru, we hold the higher vision of increasing joy and reducing suffering for ourselves, our clients, our partners and our world. We see the potential and will relentlessly push to realize it.
I am excited to be on this journey with each of you!
Gagan (Jared Levy)
Founder and CEO
