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