Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 313 · 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.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
2. 2.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) giving up quickly (c) trying new strategies (d) asking for help early
4. 4.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) practising hard skills (c) praising effort (d) avoiding challenges
5. 5.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) talent is fixed (c) effort is useless (d) skills grow with effort
7. 7.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I’ll never draw well.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “She is just lucky.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
9. 9.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) learning from feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) hiding your mistakes
11. 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
13. 13.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) practising hard skills (c) ignoring feedback (d) asking for help early
14. 14.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) practising hard skills (c) ignoring feedback (d) asking for help early
16. 16.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) envying others (c) praising effort (d) hiding your mistakes
18. 18.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
20. 20.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) giving up quickly (c) trying new strategies (d) learning from feedback
21. 21.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
22. 22.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) asking for help early (c) practising hard skills (d) enjoying challenges
25. 25.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) hiding your mistakes
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) asking for help early (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) enjoying challenges
28. 28.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) envying others (c) avoiding challenges (d) trying new strategies
29. 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
30. 30.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
32. 32.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) praising effort (c) enjoying challenges (d) hiding your mistakes
34. 34.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I will practise more.” (c) “I need a new plan.” (d) “I am not smart.”
35. 35.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) praising effort (c) avoiding challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
37. 37.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
40. 40.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False

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