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Back to EpisodesWhat She Learned Running Tony Robbins' Company (And Building the Self-Help Industry) | Marcia Martin
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Marcia Martin, author of Sex, Power, and Transformation (Amazon bestseller) and one of the key architects of the self-help industry. Marcia was a founding member of EST (which became Landmark Forum), became Senior Vice President in her early 20s, and helped build it from 30 people to 800,000 graduates. She then ran Tony Robbins' company for 2 years in the mid-80s and helped take him national.
They explore:
- Why power is addictive and seductive, and how to stay in your own power around charismatic leaders
- The patterns we carry from childhood (like pleasing powerful men)
- Why gurus don't have it all together, and why we need to find answers within
This is a conversation about what happens when you get to the top of the mountain and find another mountain. Marcia shares both the light and the dark of building transformational empires, and why authenticity means owning your mistakes, not making yourself the hero of every story.
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