Aaron Sadoff

In this first episode, I sit down with my longtime friend and colleague Aaron Sadoff — educator, university president, and author of Mindcraft: The Art of Positive Thinking Right Now — to trace the arc of a life spent in education. Aaron shares how he chose teaching, how his path evolved from the classroom to superintendent, into the private sector, and eventually to college president, and the pivotal moments (and people, like his own 'Mr. McCartney') that reshaped how he saw leadership and himself. We talk about becoming a mentor for others, what he wishes more people understood about the work of educators, the person he never properly thanked, and why — after all of it — he still wants to be a teacher.