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