Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset
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.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) giving up quickly (c) hiding your mistakes (d) trying new strategies
- 2.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 4.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) hiding your mistakes (c) avoiding challenges (d) asking for help early
- 5.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) envying others (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) praising effort
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) asking for help early (c) envying others (d) praising effort
- 9.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 11.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) practising hard skills (c) enjoying challenges (d) ignoring feedback
- 12.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 13.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 14.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 15.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) hiding your mistakes
- 16.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 18.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “Drawing is silly.” (b) “She is just lucky.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) hiding your mistakes (c) praising effort (d) enjoying challenges
- 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 23.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 24.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) giving up quickly (c) asking for help early (d) enjoying challenges
- 27.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 28.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) learning from feedback (c) envying others (d) giving up quickly
- 31.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 35.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) ever (c) yet (d) again
- 37.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
Answer key
- trying new strategies
- False
- False
- asking for help early
- False
- growth mindset
- praising effort
- envying others
- True
- fixed mindset
- ignoring feedback
- growth habit
- growth mindset
- practising hard skills
- hiding your mistakes
- False
- fixed habit
- True
- “I can learn from her.”
- hiding your mistakes
- fixed mindset
- growth mindset
- fixed mindset
- False
- fixed habit
- giving up quickly
- growth habit
- False
- True
- learning from feedback
- True
- True
- False
- fixed mindset
- False
- yet
- False
- True
- growth habit
- fixed mindset
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