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