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