Like many fads, ‘mindset’ is an old idea in new clothing. We’ve called it ‘faith’, we’ve called it ‘alignment with the universe’, we’ve called it ‘attitude’. If you believe in TED talks, then it is “everything”. There’s no shortage of experts in the world who are keen to tell us that if we can ‘adopt the right mindset’, then all of our problems will disappear. There’s a problem and a meta-problem with mindset.