Growth Mindset Mindset is defined as "the beliefs they carry about their own abilities." A mindset can be molded, altered and changed. Praise plays a large role in a mindset and praising different behaviors or attributes will result in different outcomes. The difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset, is that a growth mindset realizes there is a learning process and all abilities, intelligence etc. are part of this process. A fixed mindset is static. When giving feedback through a growth-based lens it is similar to "being a mirror." Reflect back to the writer what the process was that they took instead of trying to analyze the writing itself. The biggest piece of this I found interesting is to remove yourself from the feedback piece. It says to phrase your feedback in a way that says "when you..." vs "I think..." This removes th...