Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 434 · 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 fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) praising effort (c) giving up quickly (d) trying new strategies
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) hiding your mistakes (d) trying new strategies
3. 3.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
4. 4.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) ignoring feedback (c) asking for help early (d) avoiding challenges
6. 6.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) asking for help early (d) envying others
8. 8.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) hiding your mistakes (c) ignoring feedback (d) learning from feedback
9. 9.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) enjoying challenges (c) hiding your mistakes (d) sticking to easy tasks
11. 11.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) praising effort (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) learning from feedback
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) praising effort (c) avoiding challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
13. 13.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “She is just lucky.”
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) practising hard skills (c) envying others (d) praising effort
16. 16.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
18. 18.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
20. 20.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
22. 22.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
25. 25.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) skills grow with effort (c) smart is born (d) talent is fixed
29. 29.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) envying others (c) trying new strategies (d) avoiding challenges
30. 30.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) practising hard skills (c) asking for help early (d) ignoring feedback
31. 31.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) ignoring feedback (d) envying others
32. 32.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) practising hard skills (d) praising effort
34. 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) learning from feedback (d) praising effort
36. 36.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True

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