Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 266 · 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 growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) praising effort (c) giving up quickly (d) sticking to easy tasks
2. 2.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) asking for help early (c) envying others (d) enjoying challenges
8. 8.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I am not smart.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I’ll ask for help.” (d) “I will practise more.”
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) hiding your mistakes (c) avoiding challenges (d) giving up quickly
11. 11.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) trying new strategies
13. 13.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You worked so hard!” (b) “You are a genius!” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “It’s easy for you.”
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) practising hard skills (c) trying new strategies (d) giving up quickly
15. 15.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
17. 17.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
18. 18.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) skills grow with effort (c) smart is born (d) talent is fixed
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
20. 20.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
21. 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
22. 22.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) practising hard skills (d) giving up quickly
24. 24.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
26. 26.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
27. 27.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) giving up quickly (d) sticking to easy tasks
28. 28.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
29. 29.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “She is just lucky.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
30. 30.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
31. 31.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) asking for help early (c) envying others (d) sticking to easy tasks
32. 32.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
33. 33.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) asking for help early (d) praising effort
34. 34.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) envying others (c) enjoying challenges (d) ignoring feedback
36. 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
37. 37.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
38. 38.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
40. 40.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit

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