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