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