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