Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 103 · 40 questions

Leader's tip (Not yet — but learning): Growth mindset: “Mistakes help me learn.”, “If I practise, I will get better.”, “Let me try a different way.” Fixed mindset: “I’ll never be good at drawing.”, “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.”, “She is just born talented.” Turn fixed into growth by adding “yet”, praising effort (“You worked so hard!”) and changing the plan, not giving up.

1. 1.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) avoiding challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) learning from feedback
2. 2.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) envying others
3. 3.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “It’s easy for you.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
4. 4.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
6. 6.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
8. 8.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “I can learn from her.” (d) “Drawing is silly.”
10. 10.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) yet (c) ever (d) again
11. 11.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) praising effort (c) asking for help early (d) ignoring feedback
12. 12.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) avoiding challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) ignoring feedback
14. 14.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) giving up quickly (c) praising effort (d) enjoying challenges
16. 16.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) skills grow with effort (c) smart is born (d) effort is useless
17. 17.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
18. 18.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) avoiding challenges (c) praising effort (d) enjoying challenges
20. 20.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
21. 21.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
22. 22.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) practising hard skills (c) envying others (d) trying new strategies
24. 24.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) practising hard skills (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) avoiding challenges
25. 25.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) practising hard skills (c) learning from feedback (d) trying new strategies
28. 28.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) learning from feedback (c) hiding your mistakes (d) enjoying challenges
32. 32.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) giving up quickly (c) ignoring feedback (d) praising effort
33. 33.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
36. 36.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) asking for help early (d) learning from feedback
38. 38.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I need a new plan.” (d) “I am not smart.”
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) enjoying challenges (c) envying others (d) sticking to easy tasks

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