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