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