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