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