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