Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 609 · 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 of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) ignoring feedback (d) practising hard skills
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) praising effort (c) giving up quickly (d) avoiding challenges
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
4. 4.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I need a new plan.” (b) “I will practise more.” (c) “I’ll ask for help.” (d) “I am not smart.”
6. 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) avoiding challenges (c) asking for help early (d) ignoring feedback
8. 8.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) praising effort (c) hiding your mistakes (d) sticking to easy tasks
10. 10.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
12. 12.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
13. 13.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
15. 15.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) skills grow with effort (b) smart is born (c) talent is fixed (d) effort is useless
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
20. 20.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
21. 21.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) hiding your mistakes (c) practising hard skills (d) praising effort
24. 24.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) envying others (c) giving up quickly (d) ignoring feedback
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) avoiding challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) giving up quickly
27. 27.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) envying others (d) asking for help early
31. 31.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) praising effort (d) sticking to easy tasks
32. 32.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) trying new strategies
33. 33.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
34. 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
36. 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
37. 37.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
40. 40.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True

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