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