Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 566 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) asking for help early (c) practising hard skills (d) enjoying challenges
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) practising hard skills (c) enjoying challenges (d) hiding your mistakes
4. 4.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) avoiding challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) envying others
5. 5.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) smart is born (c) skills grow with effort (d) talent is fixed
6. 6.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) envying others (c) giving up quickly (d) asking for help early
7. 7.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
9. 9.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
10. 10.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
13. 13.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
14. 14.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
15. 15.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “It’s easy for you.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
16. 16.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
18. 18.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) envying others (c) giving up quickly (d) avoiding challenges
19. 19.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
20. 20.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
21. 21.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I need a new plan.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I will practise more.”
22. 22.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
25. 25.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
27. 27.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
28. 28.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) asking for help early (c) avoiding challenges (d) praising effort
31. 31.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) giving up quickly (c) learning from feedback (d) practising hard skills
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) ignoring feedback (d) enjoying challenges
35. 35.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) again (c) never (d) ever
36. 36.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) asking for help early (c) praising effort (d) envying others
38. 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
39. 39.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset

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