Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 478 · 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.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
3. 3.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) ever (c) again (d) never
4. 4.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
5. 5.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) praising effort (c) envying others (d) asking for help early
6. 6.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) trying new strategies (c) enjoying challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
7. 7.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You worked so hard!” (d) “You were born smart.”
8. 8.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
9. 9.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) learning from feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) ignoring feedback
11. 11.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
13. 13.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) giving up quickly (c) enjoying challenges (d) hiding your mistakes
15. 15.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) praising effort (c) giving up quickly (d) sticking to easy tasks
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) learning from feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) trying new strategies
17. 17.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
18. 18.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
19. 19.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
20. 20.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) ignoring feedback (c) envying others (d) sticking to easy tasks
22. 22.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
23. 23.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) talent is fixed (c) smart is born (d) skills grow with effort
24. 24.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
25. 25.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) hiding your mistakes (d) practising hard skills
26. 26.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
27. 27.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I am not smart.” (c) “I need a new plan.” (d) “I’ll ask for help.”
28. 28.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) avoiding challenges (c) hiding your mistakes (d) trying new strategies
30. 30.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) envying others (d) enjoying challenges
32. 32.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
33. 33.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) ignoring feedback (c) avoiding challenges (d) trying new strategies
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
36. 36.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) enjoying challenges (c) avoiding challenges (d) asking for help early
40. 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset

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