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