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