Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 343 · 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.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) learning from feedback (d) sticking to easy tasks
6. 6.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
9. 9.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) ever (c) never (d) yet
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) envying others (d) hiding your mistakes
12. 12.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) ignoring feedback (c) praising effort (d) envying others
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) avoiding challenges
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) avoiding challenges (d) praising effort
15. 15.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
16. 16.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) learning from feedback (c) avoiding challenges (d) enjoying challenges
19. 19.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “She is just lucky.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) hiding your mistakes (c) praising effort (d) sticking to easy tasks
21. 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
22. 22.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
24. 24.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) effort is useless (c) talent is fixed (d) skills grow with effort
25. 25.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) giving up quickly (c) enjoying challenges (d) practising hard skills
27. 27.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
28. 28.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) ignoring feedback (d) practising hard skills
30. 30.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) enjoying challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) learning from feedback
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) praising effort (d) trying new strategies
33. 33.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) ignoring feedback (c) envying others (d) hiding your mistakes
36. 36.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
37. 37.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset

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