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Legends · 1935–

Werner Erhard

Leadership & InfluenceMindset & Belief

Built an intensive training format around responsibility, language and integrity that shaped the human-potential industry.

Werner Erhard is included in the Legends collection for work associated with Leadership & Influence and Mindset & Belief. This profile offers a starting point for readers who want to place that work within the wider personal-development tradition.

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Legends

movement in the collection

1935–

life and work

2

focus areas

Ideas associated with the work

  • Explore the work through leadership & influence
  • Explore the work through mindset & belief
“Life is a game. In order to have a game something has to be more important than something else.”

— Werner Erhard, Attributed

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“Life is a game. In order to have a game something has to be more important than something else.”

— Werner Erhard, Attributed

Built an intensive training format around responsibility, language and integrity that shaped the human-potential industry.

  • Leadership & Influence
  • Mindset & Belief

Signature works

Start with the books.

Explore a short reading list, with purchasing links that support ManyMasters.

01

The Book of est

1976 · Written by Luke Rhinehart; the clearest account of the training.

02

Speaking Being

2019 · Erhard's work examined alongside Heidegger's philosophy.

03

Transformation and Its Implications

2010 · Papers on the ontological model of leadership.

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