Growth mindset is defined as the belief that with hard work and effort persons can improve intelligence, talent, and ability. This so-called mindset is associated with persons who have achieved certain versions of success and is, thus, treated as a necessary quality to instill in students. Although appealing, especially in relation to its apparent binary, the notion of growth mindset is underpinned by certain assumptions about selfhood, the operation of systems, and values for being. Features of growth mindset include a commitment to perpetual improvement and added value, a vision of selfhood as in process, orientation to pursue an elusive endpoint, assessments of lack, and responsibilized individualism. These features are foundational to neoliberal selfhood.