Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 370 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) enjoying challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) learning from feedback
2. 2.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
4. 4.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
6. 6.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
7. 7.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
8. 8.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) learning from feedback (c) practising hard skills (d) trying new strategies
10. 10.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
11. 11.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) trying new strategies (c) envying others (d) ignoring feedback
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
13. 13.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) enjoying challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) learning from feedback
14. 14.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) practising hard skills (c) avoiding challenges (d) ignoring feedback
15. 15.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) practising hard skills (c) learning from feedback (d) trying new strategies
16. 16.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) enjoying challenges (d) practising hard skills
18. 18.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) practising hard skills (c) avoiding challenges (d) giving up quickly
20. 20.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) trying new strategies (c) enjoying challenges (d) praising effort
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) ignoring feedback (c) avoiding challenges (d) learning from feedback
24. 24.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) learning from feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) enjoying challenges
27. 27.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
28. 28.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) giving up quickly
29. 29.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) effort is useless (c) talent is fixed (d) skills grow with effort
30. 30.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) again (c) yet (d) never
31. 31.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
34. 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) asking for help early (c) avoiding challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
36. 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
37. 37.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I am not smart.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I need a new plan.” (d) “I will practise more.”
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) envying others (c) avoiding challenges (d) ignoring feedback
39. 39.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
40. 40.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) envying others (d) praising effort

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