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