My law professor gig is now going 
on two years plus. I've learned a lot about teaching. (As the Zen expression goes: “a good teacher always remains a good student.”) Here's one lesson: yes, teach doctrine, yet also teach mindsets—that is a way of thinking. The first changes and fluctuates while the second is constant and steady. Mindsets are, in the lingo of our students, “Boss.” I am still stuck on when it was cool to say “Money.” But in either event, here are five mindsets I discovered while teaching.

No. 1 : The Right Word v. The Almost Right Word (Part 1)

That's Mark Twain: the difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between a lightning bolt and a lightning bug.