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