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