Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 458 · 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) learning from feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) hiding your mistakes (d) ignoring feedback
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) giving up quickly (d) practising hard skills
3. 3.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “It’s easy for you.” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “You worked so hard!” (d) “You are a genius!”
5. 5.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) asking for help early
7. 7.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I am not smart.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I will practise more.” (d) “I’ll ask for help.”
8. 8.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) avoiding challenges (c) envying others (d) ignoring feedback
10. 10.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) learning from feedback (c) trying new strategies (d) practising hard skills
12. 12.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
13. 13.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
15. 15.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) enjoying challenges (d) asking for help early
17. 17.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
20. 20.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) talent is fixed (c) effort is useless (d) skills grow with effort
21. 21.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
22. 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
23. 23.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) trying new strategies
25. 25.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
26. 26.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
27. 27.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) trying new strategies (c) avoiding challenges (d) ignoring feedback
28. 28.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) ever (c) yet (d) again
32. 32.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) hiding your mistakes (c) envying others (d) sticking to easy tasks
34. 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
36. 36.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) enjoying challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) trying new strategies
37. 37.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) learning from feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) trying new strategies
38. 38.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) giving up quickly (c) hiding your mistakes (d) praising effort
39. 39.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “I can learn from her.” (d) “Drawing is silly.”

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