Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 702 · 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.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
3. 3.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) asking for help early (d) giving up quickly
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
6. 6.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) hiding your mistakes (c) asking for help early (d) sticking to easy tasks
7. 7.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) hiding your mistakes (c) asking for help early (d) enjoying challenges
10. 10.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) trying new strategies (d) hiding your mistakes
13. 13.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “It’s easy for you.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
14. 14.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) learning from feedback (c) envying others (d) asking for help early
15. 15.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) effort is useless (c) skills grow with effort (d) smart is born
16. 16.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
18. 18.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
19. 19.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) yet (c) never (d) again
21. 21.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
22. 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
23. 23.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
24. 24.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
27. 27.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) learning from feedback (c) trying new strategies (d) praising effort
29. 29.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “She is just lucky.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
32. 32.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) enjoying challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) hiding your mistakes
34. 34.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
35. 35.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) learning from feedback (c) ignoring feedback (d) avoiding challenges
37. 37.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
38. 38.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
40. 40.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True

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