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