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