Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 564 · 40 questions

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.

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

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