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