Fifth, always challenge your students. It is essential as an educator to be tough but fair when interacting with students. We all remember the toughest individuals who challenged us (as students or post-doctoral fellows) during seminars, presentations, and defenses. These faculty did this with the philosophical foresight that it is better to face these situations in our home department or institution than this happening to us external of our own academic bubble. In a recent visit with a former graduate student, I heard the voice of my thesis advisor come back when this individual reminded me of how I would tell him that I was always going to be tough on him during his seminars and other presentations as this would prepare him for the future when he was presenting to colleagues outside the department and college.