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