Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 657 · 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.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
2. 2.🏅 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!”
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
4. 4.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) ignoring feedback
6. 6.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) giving up quickly (c) envying others (d) practising hard skills
8. 8.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) practising hard skills (c) avoiding challenges (d) trying new strategies
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
13. 13.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
15. 15.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
16. 16.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) trying new strategies (c) learning from feedback (d) ignoring feedback
18. 18.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) smart is born (c) skills grow with effort (d) talent is fixed
19. 19.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) ignoring feedback (c) hiding your mistakes (d) enjoying challenges
22. 22.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) praising effort (c) trying new strategies (d) enjoying challenges
23. 23.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “She is just lucky.”
24. 24.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
25. 25.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) asking for help early (c) practising hard skills (d) giving up quickly
28. 28.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
29. 29.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
30. 30.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) practising hard skills (c) envying others (d) praising effort
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) ignoring feedback (d) learning from feedback
33. 33.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I am not smart.” (c) “I will practise more.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
36. 36.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
37. 37.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) never (c) ever (d) again
38. 38.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit

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