Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 425 · 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 of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) envying others (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) asking for help early
2. 2.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) avoiding challenges (d) giving up quickly
3. 3.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) ignoring feedback (c) practising hard skills (d) praising effort
6. 6.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) avoiding challenges (c) envying others (d) giving up quickly
8. 8.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) asking for help early (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) trying new strategies
10. 10.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) skills grow with effort (c) talent is fixed (d) smart is born
11. 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
12. 12.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) hiding your mistakes (c) asking for help early (d) sticking to easy tasks
14. 14.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) hiding your mistakes (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) ignoring feedback
15. 15.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) hiding your mistakes (c) envying others (d) praising effort
17. 17.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
18. 18.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
19. 19.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
21. 21.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) enjoying challenges (c) asking for help early (d) avoiding challenges
22. 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
23. 23.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
25. 25.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I’ll never draw well.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “She is just lucky.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
26. 26.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
27. 27.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) praising effort
30. 30.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
31. 31.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) ignoring feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) asking for help early (c) praising effort (d) giving up quickly
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) enjoying challenges
36. 36.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) enjoying challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) praising effort
39. 39.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
40. 40.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit

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