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