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