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