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