Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 49 · 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: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) hiding your mistakes (d) praising effort
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
4. 4.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) giving up quickly (c) hiding your mistakes (d) learning from feedback
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) practising hard skills (c) learning from feedback (d) envying others
7. 7.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) asking for help early (d) hiding your mistakes
8. 8.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
9. 9.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
10. 10.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
12. 12.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
13. 13.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) ignoring feedback (c) hiding your mistakes (d) envying others
15. 15.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) ever (c) yet (d) never
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) giving up quickly (c) hiding your mistakes (d) practising hard skills
17. 17.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
20. 20.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) effort is useless (c) smart is born (d) skills grow with effort
21. 21.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) enjoying challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) avoiding challenges
23. 23.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) avoiding challenges (c) praising effort (d) practising hard skills
26. 26.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
29. 29.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) trying new strategies
32. 32.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I’ll ask for help.”
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
36. 36.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) learning from feedback (c) practising hard skills (d) praising effort
37. 37.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
39. 39.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset

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