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