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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: 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: 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'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 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: 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: 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 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.”