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