Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 352 · 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 fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) enjoying challenges (c) giving up quickly (d) practising hard skills
4. 4.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
5. 5.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I am not smart.” (b) “I will practise more.” (c) “I’ll ask for help.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
8. 8.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) learning from feedback (d) giving up quickly
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) hiding your mistakes (c) asking for help early (d) sticking to easy tasks
10. 10.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
11. 11.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) envying others (c) ignoring feedback (d) trying new strategies
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) enjoying challenges (d) asking for help early
14. 14.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
20. 20.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) trying new strategies (c) enjoying challenges (d) avoiding challenges
21. 21.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) asking for help early
22. 22.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) envying others (d) enjoying challenges
24. 24.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) giving up quickly (c) hiding your mistakes (d) praising effort
26. 26.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) trying new strategies (c) asking for help early (d) hiding your mistakes
28. 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
29. 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
30. 30.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
31. 31.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
32. 32.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) skills grow with effort (c) talent is fixed (d) effort is useless
34. 34.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I can learn from her.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
35. 35.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You worked so hard!” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “You are a genius!”
36. 36.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) hiding your mistakes (c) ignoring feedback (d) enjoying challenges
37. 37.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) again (c) never (d) yet
38. 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
39. 39.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
40. 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset

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