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