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