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