Mindset is a disposition, an inclination, mentality, an ethos, or a point of view. It is a useful term in that it allows for flexibility, variability, and stability in perspective. The term gets used to say someone has a social, fear, business, dreamer, or growth “mindset.” The term is intended to communicate a kind of “gestalt” in the way an individual approaches life. Popular at the moment is the notion that a growth mindset is a perspective that we can learn and grow, that intelligence is malleable, and that openness to experience invites experiences that help us extend beyond our basic talents. Feedback —in all its forms —is vital to a growth mindset. [1] The absence of a growth mindset is a fixed mindset (which may serve various purposes as well) which has the main downside of leading to what I call, “hardening of the categories.” Carl Jung could have helped us tremendously if he had titled his initial work Psychological Mindsets rather than Psychological Types. If you