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