Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 254 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) envying others (d) praising effort
2. 2.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
6. 6.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) never (c) ever (d) yet
7. 7.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) avoiding challenges (c) praising effort (d) sticking to easy tasks
9. 9.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
10. 10.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) talent is fixed (c) effort is useless (d) skills grow with effort
11. 11.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) learning from feedback (c) hiding your mistakes (d) envying others
12. 12.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
14. 14.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) enjoying challenges
15. 15.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
16. 16.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
17. 17.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) praising effort (c) learning from feedback (d) practising hard skills
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) envying others (c) enjoying challenges (d) hiding your mistakes
21. 21.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
25. 25.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) praising effort (c) asking for help early (d) hiding your mistakes
27. 27.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) asking for help early (c) envying others (d) sticking to easy tasks
31. 31.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
32. 32.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I need a new plan.” (d) “I am not smart.”
34. 34.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
35. 35.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) learning from feedback (d) praising effort
36. 36.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
37. 37.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) ignoring feedback (c) envying others (d) giving up quickly
39. 39.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False

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