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