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