Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 212 · 40 questions

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.

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

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