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