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