EPISODE · Mar 28, 2026 · 54 MIN
Chiseled Ep 128 -Dream Bigger, Trust Deeper - Marc Allen
from Chiseled - We're all a work in progress - with Rob Commodari · host Robert Commodari
When Marc Allen was in his 20s and desperate for cash, a man hired him and his then-girlfriend to help prepare a seminar for 25 paying guests on spirituality and self-improvement. Five minutes before it was supposed to start, the guy bolted.Left with his own bills to pay and a crowd to enlighten, Marc and his partner, Shakti Gawain, gathered together all they had learned about spirituality and personal growth from years studying in the heart of the 1970s' "spiritual smorgasbord" — Berkeley, California — and hosted the five-day seminar.The results were better than he could have imagined. They were asked to host another event in Los Angeles. Using what he had typed out for his guests at the seminar, Marc self-published a book, then another, then another. Shakti published the same material under another title, and sales took off.The two then started the New World Library, which has published hundreds of books that inspire and challenge people to improve their lives and the world. Some of its famous authors include Eckhart Tolle, Alice Walker, Deepak Chopra, and Richard Carlson.From that first seminar, Marc built, refined, and distilled his philosophy into his most famous book, The Millionaire Course: The Visionary Plan for Creating the Life of Your Dreams. In it, Marc asks eight essential questions. He also teaches how to create affirmations and adapt them to one's own circumstances and situations."We're all such individuals that words that resonate with one person will not resonate the same way with another," he said. "You just keep playing with it. ... When you find that right affirmation, you feel energy from it."Even if, unlike me, you haven't read Marc's book a half-dozen times, it won't matter because in this week's episode of Chiseled, Marc recites from memory some of his favorite lessons from the book as well as lines from poems and meditations like the Tao Te Ching and the Kabbalah.Marc describes himself as a "cultural creative." He is not a fan of Western philosophy — calling it too intellectual and not spiritual enough. He sees himself as a Christian practicing the most fundamental of Jesus' message."'A new law I give unto you, love one as I loved you,'" he said. "That's the essence of Christianity." I welcome you to join this week's "book club" on Chiseled, discover Marc's pick for the best spiritual book of the 21st century, and "dare to dream." As he says, "Whatever happens, you will never regret it."
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When Marc Allen was in his 20s and desperate for cash, a man hired him and his then-girlfriend to help prepare a seminar for 25 paying guests on spirituality and self-improvement. Five minutes before it was supposed to start, the guy bolted.Left with his own bills to pay and a crowd to enlighten, Marc and his partner, Shakti Gawain, gathered together all they had learned about spirituality and personal growth from years studying in the heart of the 1970s' "spiritual smorgasbord" — Berkeley, California — and hosted the five-day seminar.The results were better than he could have imagined. They were asked to host another event in Los Angeles. Using what he had typed out for his guests at the seminar, Marc self-published a book, then another, then another. Shakti published the same material under another title, and sales took off.The two then started the New World Library, which has published hundreds of books that inspire and challenge people to improve their lives and the world. Some of its famous authors include Eckhart Tolle, Alice Walker, Deepak Chopra, and Richard Carlson.From that first seminar, Marc built, refined, and distilled his philosophy into his most famous book, The Millionaire Course: The Visionary Plan for Creating the Life of Your Dreams. In it, Marc asks eight essential questions. He also teaches how to create affirmations and adapt them to one's own circumstances and situations."We're all such individuals that words that resonate with one person will not resonate the same way with another," he said. "You just keep playing with it. ... When you find that right affirmation, you feel energy from it."Even if, unlike me, you haven't read Marc's book a half-dozen times, it won't matter because in this week's episode of Chiseled, Marc recites from memory some of his favorite lessons from the book as well as lines from poems and meditations like the Tao Te Ching and the Kabbalah.Marc describes himself as a "cultural creative." He is not a fan of Western philosophy — calling it too intellectual and not spiritual enough. He sees himself as a Christian practicing the most fundamental of Jesus' message."'A new law I give unto you, love one as I loved you,'" he said. "That's the essence of Christianity." I welcome you to join this week's "book club" on Chiseled, discover Marc's pick for the best spiritual book of the 21st century, and "dare to dream." As he says, "Whatever happens, you will never regret it."
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