In this episode I get a chance to talk with elementary Principal, Motivational speaker, Author, and CEO of Jackson Consulting Dr. Marcus Jackson. Dr. Jackson is the author of children’s book Because My Teacher Said I can. We dive into the inspiration for that particular book a few minutes into the conversation. But before we do so we tackle is origin story and learn how a negative teacher powerfully impacted his decision to get into education.

Dr. Jackson also describes his challenges as a principal and how he overcame them. In addition gets into the key resources he used that helped his team go from a two star school to a five star school and the book that helped inspire the transition of the high school he lead out of priority status.

Three keys to success that he gave include:

I do not have the me, my, I virus We’ve always had a culture of we us ours.

Drop your ego soup and take a bite of humble pie.

Even when you’re chastising it should be in the form of glow and grow.​