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