Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 141 · 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 growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) learning from feedback
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) praising effort (c) learning from feedback (d) sticking to easy tasks
5. 5.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
6. 6.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
7. 7.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
9. 9.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) skills grow with effort (c) smart is born (d) effort is useless
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) avoiding challenges (c) learning from feedback (d) praising effort
11. 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
12. 12.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) never (c) again (d) yet
13. 13.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) envying others
14. 14.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) envying others (c) asking for help early (d) giving up quickly
15. 15.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
17. 17.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
20. 20.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) practising hard skills (c) asking for help early (d) envying others
22. 22.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
23. 23.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
24. 24.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) asking for help early
26. 26.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) hiding your mistakes (d) trying new strategies
27. 27.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) trying new strategies
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) praising effort (c) trying new strategies (d) practising hard skills
29. 29.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) envying others (c) hiding your mistakes (d) trying new strategies
31. 31.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) avoiding challenges (c) praising effort (d) sticking to easy tasks
33. 33.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I can learn from her.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “Drawing is silly.”
34. 34.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
38. 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
40. 40.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) trying new strategies (c) learning from feedback (d) asking for help early

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