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