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