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