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