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