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