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 growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) envying others (c) practising hard skills (d) giving up quickly
- 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 3.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) trying new strategies (d) avoiding challenges
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) avoiding challenges (d) practising hard skills
- 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 7.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 9.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) effort is useless (c) skills grow with effort (d) talent is fixed
- 10.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) avoiding challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 12.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) practising hard skills (c) avoiding challenges (d) trying new strategies
- 13.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) asking for help early (c) praising effort (d) hiding your mistakes
- 17.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 18.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) asking for help early (c) envying others (d) ignoring feedback
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) ignoring feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) avoiding challenges
- 20.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) praising effort (d) ignoring feedback
- 24.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) enjoying challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) asking for help early
- 25.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 27.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) practising hard skills (c) praising effort (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 28.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 30.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 31.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) practising hard skills (c) giving up quickly (d) envying others
- 33.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) envying others (c) giving up quickly (d) hiding your mistakes
- 35.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 37.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 38.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) learning from feedback (d) avoiding challenges
Answer key
- practising hard skills
- fixed mindset
- False
- trying new strategies
- avoiding challenges
- growth habit
- False
- growth habit
- skills grow with effort
- False
- trying new strategies
- avoiding challenges
- False
- False
- fixed habit
- hiding your mistakes
- growth mindset
- asking for help early
- enjoying challenges
- True
- True
- False
- praising effort
- ignoring feedback
- False
- growth mindset
- sticking to easy tasks
- True
- fixed mindset
- growth habit
- fixed habit
- practising hard skills
- False
- enjoying challenges
- True
- fixed habit
- growth mindset
- False
- False
- learning from feedback
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