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.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) ignoring feedback (c) envying others (d) asking for help early
- 4.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 7.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) hiding your mistakes (c) giving up quickly (d) praising effort
- 9.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) practising hard skills (c) envying others (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 10.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 13.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) praising effort (c) enjoying challenges (d) learning from feedback
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) envying others (c) enjoying challenges (d) giving up quickly
- 16.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 18.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You were born smart.” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You worked so hard!” (d) “You are a genius!”
- 19.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 21.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) learning from feedback (d) giving up quickly
- 24.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) praising effort (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) ignoring feedback
- 26.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) trying new strategies (c) avoiding challenges (d) praising effort
- 27.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 29.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 30.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 31.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) hiding your mistakes (c) trying new strategies (d) learning from feedback
- 33.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📉 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.”
- 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 37.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 39.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) effort is useless (c) talent is fixed (d) skills grow with effort
- 40.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
Answer key
- growth mindset
- growth mindset
- asking for help early
- False
- True
- fixed habit
- fixed habit
- praising effort
- practising hard skills
- True
- True
- fixed mindset
- True
- envying others
- enjoying challenges
- True
- growth mindset
- “You worked so hard!”
- False
- growth mindset
- True
- False
- giving up quickly
- True
- praising effort
- avoiding challenges
- True
- growth mindset
- fixed mindset
- fixed mindset
- True
- hiding your mistakes
- True
- False
- “I am not smart.”
- fixed mindset
- fixed mindset
- growth habit
- skills grow with effort
- fixed habit
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