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