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