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