Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 57 · 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) practising hard skills (b) trying new strategies (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) learning from feedback
2. 2.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I will practise more.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
3. 3.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) giving up quickly (c) asking for help early (d) sticking to easy tasks
4. 4.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) smart is born (c) effort is useless (d) skills grow with effort
6. 6.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) envying others (d) avoiding challenges
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) enjoying challenges
8. 8.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
9. 9.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
10. 10.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) practising hard skills (d) praising effort
11. 11.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
12. 12.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) never (c) again (d) ever
14. 14.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
15. 15.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) giving up quickly (c) avoiding challenges (d) praising effort
17. 17.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
19. 19.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
21. 21.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
22. 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) learning from feedback (c) avoiding challenges (d) hiding your mistakes
24. 24.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) asking for help early (c) praising effort (d) hiding your mistakes
28. 28.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “It’s easy for you.” (b) “You are a genius!” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
29. 29.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) ignoring feedback (c) hiding your mistakes (d) envying others
35. 35.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) hiding your mistakes (c) envying others (d) ignoring feedback
37. 37.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
38. 38.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) practising hard skills (c) enjoying challenges (d) asking for help early
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
40. 40.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True

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