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