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