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Erhard Seminars Training, Inc. (marketed as est, though often encountered as EST or Est) was an organization founded by Werner Erhard in 1971 that offered a two-weekend (6-day, 60-hour) course known officially as "The est Standard Training". The purpose of the training was to use concepts loosely based on Zen Buddhism for self improvement. The ...
Werner Erhard and his courses have been referenced in popular culture in various forms of fictional media including literature, film, television and theatre. The original course, known as est, was delivered by the company Erhard Seminars Training (est). Under the name The Forum, they were delivered by Werner Erhard and Associates.
As part of the Human Potential Movement, which was centered in San Francisco, Werner Erhard created and ran the est (Erhard Seminars Training) system from 1971 to 1984, which promoted the idea that individuals are empowered when they take personal responsibility for all events in their lives, both good and bad. In 1985, Erhard modified est to ...
The book gives an account of Werner Erhard's early life as Jack Rosenberg, his exploration of various forms of self-help techniques, and his foundation of Erhard Seminars Training "est" and later of Werner Erhard and Associates and of the est successor course, "The Forum". Pressman details the rapid financial success Erhard had with these ...
Werner Hans Erhard (born John Paul Rosenberg; September 5, 1935) [1]: 7 is an American lecturer known for founding est (offered from 1971 to 1984). [1]: 14 [2] In 1985, he replaced the est Training with a newly designed program, the Forum. [3]
Werner Erhard and Associates, also known as WE&A or as WEA, was a commercial personal development program which operated from 1984 until early 1991. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It replaced Erhard Seminars Training .
A former salesman, training manager and executive in the encyclopedia business, [1] [2] Erhard created the Erhard Seminars Training (est) course in 1971. [3] est was a form of Large Group Awareness Training, [4] [5] and was part of the Human Potential Movement. [6] est was a four-day, 60-hour self-help program given to groups of 250 people at a ...
He was a former salesman, training manager and executive in the encyclopedia business. [3] [4] He created the Erhard Seminars Training (est) course in 1971. [5] est was a four-day, 60-hour self-help program given to groups of 250 people at a time. [6] The program was very intensive: each day would contain 15–20 hours of instruction. [7]