Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 151 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) practising hard skills (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) learning from feedback
2. 2.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) hiding your mistakes (c) practising hard skills (d) envying others
4. 4.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I am not smart.” (c) “I need a new plan.” (d) “I will practise more.”
5. 5.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) ignoring feedback (c) trying new strategies (d) giving up quickly
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) asking for help early (c) practising hard skills (d) praising effort
7. 7.🏅 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!”
8. 8.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) talent is fixed (c) skills grow with effort (d) effort is useless
9. 9.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) enjoying challenges (c) asking for help early (d) trying new strategies
14. 14.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I’ll never draw well.” (b) “I can learn from her.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “She is just lucky.”
15. 15.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) again (c) never (d) ever
16. 16.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
18. 18.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) ignoring feedback (c) avoiding challenges (d) praising effort
20. 20.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
22. 22.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) practising hard skills (d) giving up quickly
24. 24.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) avoiding challenges (c) praising effort (d) enjoying challenges
25. 25.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
26. 26.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
27. 27.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
30. 30.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
31. 31.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
32. 32.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) avoiding challenges (c) hiding your mistakes (d) trying new strategies
36. 36.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) giving up quickly (c) enjoying challenges (d) praising effort
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) learning from feedback (c) ignoring feedback (d) envying others
38. 38.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False

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