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