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