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