Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 933 · 40 questions

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.

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

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