Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 745 · 40 questions

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.

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

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