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