Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 228 · 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.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) asking for help early (c) enjoying challenges (d) ignoring feedback
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
4. 4.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) trying new strategies (c) asking for help early (d) ignoring feedback
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) asking for help early (c) envying others (d) trying new strategies
8. 8.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
13. 13.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
14. 14.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) effort is useless (c) smart is born (d) skills grow with effort
15. 15.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) avoiding challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) ignoring feedback
17. 17.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) ignoring feedback (c) envying others (d) practising hard skills
19. 19.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) ignoring feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) envying others
20. 20.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) envying others (c) trying new strategies (d) enjoying challenges
21. 21.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “You worked so hard!” (d) “It’s easy for you.”
22. 22.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) yet (c) never (d) ever
23. 23.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) practising hard skills (c) asking for help early (d) trying new strategies
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) enjoying challenges (d) avoiding challenges
25. 25.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) giving up quickly (c) avoiding challenges (d) trying new strategies
27. 27.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
29. 29.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
30. 30.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
32. 32.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) avoiding challenges (c) hiding your mistakes (d) praising effort
34. 34.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I’ll never draw well.” (b) “She is just lucky.” (c) “I can learn from her.” (d) “Drawing is silly.”
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
36. 36.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) avoiding challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) trying new strategies
38. 38.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) practising hard skills (d) giving up quickly

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