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