Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 629 · 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.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) envying others (c) enjoying challenges (d) trying new strategies
7. 7.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “Drawing is silly.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “I can learn from her.” (d) “She is just lucky.”
8. 8.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) ignoring feedback (c) envying others (d) sticking to easy tasks
9. 9.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) avoiding challenges
10. 10.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
11. 11.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
13. 13.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) ever (c) again (d) never
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) giving up quickly (c) avoiding challenges (d) trying new strategies
16. 16.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) practising hard skills
18. 18.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
20. 20.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) trying new strategies (d) avoiding challenges
22. 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
23. 23.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
24. 24.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
25. 25.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) enjoying challenges (c) avoiding challenges (d) giving up quickly
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) asking for help early (c) learning from feedback (d) enjoying challenges
27. 27.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
29. 29.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
31. 31.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
34. 34.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) giving up quickly (c) praising effort (d) asking for help early
38. 38.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
39. 39.📉 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.”
40. 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset

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