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