Werner Erhard Quick Facts
Main Areas: Transformation, PhilosophyCareer Focus: Originator of Transformational Ideas, Models and Applications, Corporate Leader, Writer
Affiliation: Founder of est, The est Foundation, Werner Erhard Foundation, Hunger Project and the Barbados Group
Werner Erhard introduced a breakthrough access to “transformation” making it readily available to the public. His thinking gave rise to the idea that people could transform their lives in a short time, yielding powerful and long-lasting results. In 1971, he created the est Training. Over a decade, the est Training was attended by approximately a million people, world-wide. It was an extremely popular personal growth seminar that produced unprecedented results. Read more about Werner Erhard and the est Training at www.erhardseminarstraining.com.
Known for tough honesty and skill, Erhard and his programs became the subject of various television, newspaper, magazine, and even movie attention. Committed to bettering the human condition through volunteerism, in 1988, Mr. Erhard was awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Humanitarian Award for his contributions to people and society.
Erhard and his work continued to be a source of influence throughout the 80’s. In 1991, Werner Erhard sold the rights to his programs to a group of his employees and retired, choosing to stay out of the spotlight.
Currently Werner continues to develop his original ideas and create new ideas, while collaborating with renowned academics to have his ideas be relevant to their applications. Mr. Erhard’s work has benefitted companies, organizations and people throughout the world.
Erhard co-founded independent, nonprofit charitable enterprises, including the Breakthrough Foundation, the Hunger Project, the Holiday Project, the Werner Erhard Foundation, and the Education Network. He lectures for a wide variety of prestigious institutions and professional associations around the world, including DePaul University, Harvard Law School, Harvard Business and the Center for Public Leadership. Read more about Werner Erhard's career at www.wernererhard.info.
- We can discover another possibility: living in a way, now, moment to moment, that makes a difference to life. We discover that as human beings we can live in a possibility instead of in what we have inherited, that instead of just being a human being because we were born that way, we can declare the possibility of being for human beings. This is the work of transformation: bringing forth a breakthrough in the possibility of being human.
- You and I want our lives to matter. We want our lives to make a real difference—to be of genuine consequence in the world. We know that there is no satisfaction in merely going through the motions, even if those motions make us successful, or even if we have arranged to make those motions pleasant. We want to know we have made some impact on the world. In fact, you and I want to contribute to the quality of life. We want to make the world work.
- Life is a game. In order to have a game, something has to be more important than something else. If what already is, is more important than what isn’t, the game is over. So, life is a game in which what isn’t, is more important than what is.
- Happiness is a function of accepting what is. Love is a function of communication. Health is a function of participation. Self Expression is a function of responsibility.
- You don’t have to go looking for love when it’s where you come from.
Werner Erhard’s legacy lives on in the contribution his work has made to millions of people, both directly and indirectly. He continues to refine his original ideas while inventing new cutting-edge ideas. Today, Landmark Education’s programs are based on research and technology originally developed by Werner Erhard. Landmark Education is the best place to experience his original ideas. Over one million people have participated in Landmark Education’s programs, delivered in over 20 countries worldwide. For further information visit the Landmark Education website at www.landmarkeducation.com.
