Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 482 · 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) giving up quickly (b) practising hard skills (c) avoiding challenges (d) envying others
2. 2.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) avoiding challenges (d) hiding your mistakes
5. 5.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) giving up quickly (c) practising hard skills (d) envying others
6. 6.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I need a new plan.” (b) “I am not smart.” (c) “I’ll ask for help.” (d) “I will practise more.”
7. 7.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) ignoring feedback (c) praising effort (d) avoiding challenges
9. 9.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
10. 10.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
11. 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
13. 13.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
15. 15.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) asking for help early (c) hiding your mistakes (d) praising effort
16. 16.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 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.”
18. 18.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
19. 19.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) yet (c) again (d) ever
21. 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
22. 22.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
26. 26.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) hiding your mistakes (c) giving up quickly (d) avoiding challenges
28. 28.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) asking for help early (c) hiding your mistakes (d) ignoring feedback
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) avoiding challenges (c) envying others (d) hiding your mistakes
30. 30.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) enjoying challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) practising hard skills
32. 32.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
36. 36.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) trying new strategies (c) enjoying challenges (d) learning from feedback
37. 37.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) skills grow with effort (b) talent is fixed (c) smart is born (d) effort is useless
38. 38.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
40. 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset

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