Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 588 · 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.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
3. 3.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
4. 4.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You were born smart.” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You worked so hard!” (d) “You are a genius!”
5. 5.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) ignoring feedback
6. 6.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
7. 7.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
11. 11.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) enjoying challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) envying others
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) ignoring feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) hiding your mistakes
13. 13.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) never (c) again (d) ever
15. 15.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
19. 19.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) praising effort (d) ignoring feedback
20. 20.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) learning from feedback
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) praising effort (c) asking for help early (d) envying others
23. 23.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
24. 24.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
25. 25.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
28. 28.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) hiding your mistakes (c) practising hard skills (d) envying others
31. 31.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) envying others (c) learning from feedback (d) enjoying challenges
32. 32.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “Drawing is silly.” (b) “She is just lucky.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
33. 33.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
35. 35.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) effort is useless (c) talent is fixed (d) skills grow with effort
36. 36.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I am not smart.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I will practise more.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) trying new strategies (c) avoiding challenges (d) ignoring feedback
38. 38.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) practising hard skills (c) hiding your mistakes (d) trying new strategies
39. 39.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) asking for help early (c) ignoring feedback (d) avoiding challenges
40. 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset

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