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