Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 237 · 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) effort is useless (b) talent is fixed (c) smart is born (d) skills grow with effort
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
3. 3.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
4. 4.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You worked so hard!” (b) “You are a genius!” (c) “It’s easy for you.” (d) “You were born smart.”
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
6. 6.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
7. 7.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) practising hard skills (c) trying new strategies (d) giving up quickly
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) giving up quickly (d) asking for help early
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) learning from feedback (c) trying new strategies (d) asking for help early
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.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) learning from feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
13. 13.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
15. 15.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
17. 17.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) learning from feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) avoiding challenges
19. 19.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) practising hard skills (c) hiding your mistakes (d) trying new strategies
22. 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
23. 23.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) giving up quickly (c) avoiding challenges (d) ignoring feedback
25. 25.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
26. 26.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I am not smart.” (c) “I will practise more.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
32. 32.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) avoiding challenges (c) hiding your mistakes (d) asking for help early
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) practising hard skills (c) ignoring feedback (d) envying others
34. 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
35. 35.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
37. 37.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) avoiding challenges (c) learning from feedback (d) praising effort
38. 38.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) yet (c) ever (d) never
39. 39.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) enjoying challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) envying others
40. 40.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False

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