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