Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 394 · 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) avoiding challenges (b) hiding your mistakes (c) asking for help early (d) giving up quickly
2. 2.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
4. 4.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) enjoying challenges (c) hiding your mistakes (d) ignoring feedback
6. 6.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
7. 7.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) talent is fixed (c) effort is useless (d) skills grow with effort
11. 11.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
12. 12.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) envying others (d) avoiding challenges
13. 13.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) again (c) never (d) ever
15. 15.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
17. 17.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) praising effort (d) envying others
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) praising effort (c) asking for help early (d) ignoring feedback
19. 19.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) envying others (c) enjoying challenges (d) asking for help early
20. 20.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
21. 21.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
22. 22.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) ignoring feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) hiding your mistakes
24. 24.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I will practise more.” (c) “I need a new plan.” (d) “I am not smart.”
25. 25.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) envying others (c) praising effort (d) enjoying challenges
28. 28.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “It’s easy for you.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
29. 29.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
31. 31.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) hiding your mistakes
32. 32.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
34. 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
35. 35.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) praising effort (c) hiding your mistakes (d) trying new strategies
37. 37.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
39. 39.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) praising effort (d) ignoring feedback
40. 40.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True

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