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