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