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