Asking for Help Is Courage, Not Weakness | Dr. Deshaun Washington

**"Asking for help doesn't mean you're weak. It actually means you're courageous."** Dr. Deshaun Washington spent his first four months of teaching drowning in his own classroom and telling no one, until his principals had to step in for him. He learned that the lifesaver you won't reach for gets thrown anyway, just with less dignity. He became the 2024 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year, the first Black man in the state's history to earn it, finished a doctorate at Vanderbilt, and founded Cultivating Changemakers to teach kids financial literacy. Dr. Ebony I. Green sits down with him to unpack the thing most high achievers get wrong: the belief that you have to do it alone. They get into: what to look for in the people you let close, why "self made" is a delusion, the follow-up almost nobody does after asking for advice, being honest when you don't even know what help you need, the layers of help and why you don't have to jump to the extreme, what isolation models for young boys, and how shifting seats at the table changes what you're able to see. Nobody makes it alone. Come sit with us. 🎤 Book Dr. Ebony: hellokindsoul.com  📷 @iamhellokindsoul Support the show Want to support us? Buy us a cup of coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/hellokindsoul