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