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