Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 895 · 40 questions

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.

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

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