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