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