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