Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 678 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) enjoying challenges (c) giving up quickly (d) asking for help early
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) practising hard skills (c) praising effort (d) enjoying challenges
3. 3.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) ignoring feedback (d) asking for help early
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) envying others (c) enjoying challenges (d) trying new strategies
6. 6.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) envying others (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) ignoring feedback
8. 8.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) learning from feedback (c) praising effort (d) enjoying challenges
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) learning from feedback (d) envying others
10. 10.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
11. 11.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
13. 13.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “Drawing is silly.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “She is just lucky.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
14. 14.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
15. 15.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
16. 16.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) asking for help early (c) praising effort (d) ignoring feedback
19. 19.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) skills grow with effort (b) talent is fixed (c) smart is born (d) effort is useless
22. 22.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I am not smart.” (c) “I’ll ask for help.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) envying others (c) ignoring feedback (d) asking for help early
24. 24.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
25. 25.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
29. 29.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) yet (c) again (d) never
30. 30.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) trying new strategies (c) learning from feedback (d) giving up quickly
35. 35.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
37. 37.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
39. 39.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “You worked so hard!” (c) “It’s easy for you.” (d) “You were born smart.”
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) hiding your mistakes (c) avoiding challenges (d) practising hard skills

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