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