Oh man being a guru would be a terrible job. No pay, long hours, no thanks. I think I'll always be the student, maybe the self-taught wise fool is my calling.
It does sound like the formula for writing essays, the thesis intro, 'what you're going to tell', then the 'tell them' part, and finally a conclusion, which rephrases the intro thesis sentence. Hey, maybe you are the guru here, now that I think about it.