Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 52 · 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: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) effort is useless (c) smart is born (d) skills grow with effort
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) practising hard skills (c) avoiding challenges (d) asking for help early
4. 4.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) hiding your mistakes (c) practising hard skills (d) trying new strategies
8. 8.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) avoiding challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) giving up quickly
9. 9.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
11. 11.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
12. 12.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I will practise more.”
13. 13.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
14. 14.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) giving up quickly (c) asking for help early (d) practising hard skills
17. 17.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) enjoying challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) envying others
18. 18.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
19. 19.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
21. 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
22. 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
23. 23.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
24. 24.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) giving up quickly (d) hiding your mistakes
26. 26.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “You worked so hard!” (d) “It’s easy for you.”
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) asking for help early (c) avoiding challenges (d) hiding your mistakes
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) envying others (c) hiding your mistakes (d) learning from feedback
29. 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
30. 30.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) avoiding challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) giving up quickly
31. 31.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) ignoring feedback (c) avoiding challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
36. 36.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) trying new strategies (d) learning from feedback
38. 38.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) praising effort (c) asking for help early (d) giving up quickly
39. 39.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True

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