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