Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 947 · 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.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) praising effort (c) giving up quickly (d) sticking to easy tasks
2. 2.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) yet (c) never (d) again
4. 4.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I need a new plan.” (b) “I will practise more.” (c) “I’ll ask for help.” (d) “I am not smart.”
5. 5.🏅 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!”
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) giving up quickly (d) praising effort
7. 7.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) giving up quickly (d) ignoring feedback
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) envying others (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) enjoying challenges
10. 10.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
11. 11.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) asking for help early (c) praising effort (d) trying new strategies
16. 16.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) trying new strategies (d) enjoying challenges
18. 18.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) enjoying challenges (d) learning from feedback
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) avoiding challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) enjoying challenges
21. 21.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) asking for help early (c) hiding your mistakes (d) learning from feedback
22. 22.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) giving up quickly (c) envying others (d) sticking to easy tasks
24. 24.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) hiding your mistakes (c) envying others (d) sticking to easy tasks
25. 25.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) envying others (c) learning from feedback (d) praising effort
27. 27.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
32. 32.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) skills grow with effort (c) effort is useless (d) talent is fixed
33. 33.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
34. 34.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
36. 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
37. 37.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit

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