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