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Dr. Henry Cloud

Founder, Boundaries.me · 1 appearance on the record.

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Dr. Henry Cloud is a clinical psychologist and executive coach who advises CEOs, boards, and organizations on leadership culture and performance. He is best known for authoring numerous bestselling books, including the Boundaries series, Boundaries for Leaders, Necessary Endings, and The Power of the Other.

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2 supported 1 partly supported 2 contradicted 1 not checkable as stated how the 6 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

6 assertions · 1 opinion · 2 insights · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 5 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Dr. argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Dr. Henry Cloud Has Sold 12 Million Copies Across 40 Books
“I've written 40 something books. And, you know, you said your audience is into numbers. We're talking about twelve million copies.”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 12:14 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Dr. Henry Cloud Sold Two Million Copies of His First Book
“That book has sold, it's going towards two million copies or so by now”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 23:11 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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weighted support: a fully supported claim counts one, a partly supported claim counts half. Each filled bar is clickable and opens exactly those claims; "none yet" means nothing said at that certainty level has resolved yet

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Dr. Henry Cloud on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Dr. Henry Cloud said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Dr. Henry Cloud: The self-made high performer is a total myth
“I'm telling you that the idea of a self-made high performer is a total myth.”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 29:36 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?
Insight
Dr. Henry Cloud: Publishers Buy Author Platforms, Not Book Ideas
“You don't sell an idea or a book. What you're selling is a platform. There's a gazillion ideas out there that are really worth reading. The publisher won't buy them because the person doesn't have a platform.”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 20:45 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dr. Henry Cloud: Top Performers Sleep More Than Anyone Else
“The research tells you what the highest performers do more than anybody else is sleep.”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 34:39 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?
Assertion Partly supported
Dr. Henry Cloud's 'Boundaries' Series Sold 5 to 6 Million Copies
“That little handful has sold about five or six million copies, and it is currently I think this month, and the original book is, you know, 20 years old, and it's number nine on the New York Times list this month”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 7:09 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?
Assertion Supported
Dr. Henry Cloud Has Sold 12 Million Copies Across 40 Books
“I've written 40 something books. And, you know, you said your audience is into numbers. We're talking about twelve million copies.”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 12:14 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?
Opinion
Dr. Henry Cloud: 99% of Top Authors Use Elite Literary Agents
“And you talk to 99% of people that really do well in publishing They will tell you that they have a rockstar agent”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 12:38 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?
Assertion Supported
Dr. Henry Cloud: Debut Authors Typically Receive 10% to 15% Royalties
“You're going to see beginning authors, you know, being offered Something in that, you know, I don't know, and I'd have to go back and look at all this from years ago, but it's going to be either a gross deal or a net deal. And when you When you're in those ran…”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 18:51 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?
Disclosure
Dr. Henry Cloud Sold 40,000 Copies Before Securing Second Book Deal
“Before I had my next book deal and it would have been, you know, later that year I probably sold, I'm guessing 40 to 50,000 copies for sure.”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 26:35 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?
Assertion Contradicted
Dr. Henry Cloud Sold Two Million Copies of His First Book
“That book has sold, it's going towards two million copies or so by now”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 23:11 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?
Assertion Contradicted
Author John Grisham Sold His Debut Book for Only $5,000
“John Grisham sold his first book, A Time to Kill, for 5000 dollars.”
Dr. Henry Cloud Jun 26, 2016 ▶ 24:10 EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"?

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
EP 337: How'd he Sell 12,000,000 Books and What About "The Other"? Jun 26, 2016 24m
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