Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 358 · 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.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
2. 2.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
4. 4.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) ever (c) yet (d) again
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
6. 6.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
8. 8.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) ignoring feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) enjoying challenges
9. 9.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) asking for help early (d) ignoring feedback
10. 10.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) skills grow with effort (b) smart is born (c) effort is useless (d) talent is fixed
12. 12.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
15. 15.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
17. 17.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
20. 20.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “She is just lucky.” (d) “Drawing is silly.”
22. 22.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) ignoring feedback (c) praising effort (d) hiding your mistakes
24. 24.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
25. 25.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) hiding your mistakes (c) asking for help early (d) practising hard skills
29. 29.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) avoiding challenges (c) praising effort (d) trying new strategies
31. 31.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) envying others
34. 34.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) envying others (d) ignoring feedback
36. 36.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) asking for help early (c) giving up quickly (d) ignoring feedback
38. 38.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) practising hard skills (c) asking for help early (d) envying others
39. 39.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I need a new plan.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I will practise more.”

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