Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 60 · 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.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
2. 2.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) enjoying challenges
8. 8.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) praising effort (c) ignoring feedback (d) sticking to easy tasks
9. 9.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) practising hard skills (c) enjoying challenges (d) asking for help early
12. 12.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) again (c) never (d) ever
13. 13.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) hiding your mistakes (c) envying others (d) trying new strategies
14. 14.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) avoiding challenges (c) enjoying challenges (d) trying new strategies
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) asking for help early (c) trying new strategies (d) hiding your mistakes
17. 17.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You worked so hard!” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “You are a genius!”
19. 19.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) enjoying challenges (c) asking for help early (d) trying new strategies
21. 21.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) envying others (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) avoiding challenges
24. 24.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 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.”
26. 26.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) skills grow with effort (b) effort is useless (c) talent is fixed (d) smart is born
27. 27.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
29. 29.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) asking for help early (c) trying new strategies (d) giving up quickly
31. 31.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
32. 32.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
33. 33.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
34. 34.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) avoiding challenges (c) learning from feedback (d) ignoring feedback
35. 35.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
40. 40.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit

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