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