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