Technical accuracy is expected from professionals

In this article: Technical accuracy is the stock-in-trade of professionals.

Setting aside right and wrong, there are many common interpretations of 'mindset', but few are technically accurate and this makes a difference.

For example you wouldn't go to a doctor who used the words liver and heart interchangeably, or mixed-up the circulatory with digestive system, or maybe confused a bacterial with a viral infection.

Technical inaccuracy is accepted in children, tolerated in students and laypeople, but expected from professionals within their field of expertise.

Because technical accuracy determines method.

Of course two professionals may use different words to point to exactly the same meaning which makes communication laborious, because a lot of time is then spent in clarifying terminology.

Or they may use the same words to point to two different meanings which makes communication confusing, because without checking, the assumption is they're talking about the same meaning.

Regardless of whether the word mindset is used to point to the 'meaning of mindset', or another is used, the technical inaccuracy almost always lies in the meaning itself.

And this, depending on the degree of inaccuracy, affects the quality and speed of the training, coaching or teaching program or process. Not mentioning the potential harm caused to clients and participants.