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