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