Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 971 · 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.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
3. 3.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) trying new strategies (c) practising hard skills (d) enjoying challenges
4. 4.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) asking for help early (c) hiding your mistakes (d) practising hard skills
6. 6.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) yet (c) again (d) ever
7. 7.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) giving up quickly (c) trying new strategies (d) praising effort
8. 8.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
9. 9.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) ignoring feedback (c) trying new strategies (d) hiding your mistakes
11. 11.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) giving up quickly (c) ignoring feedback (d) hiding your mistakes
12. 12.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
14. 14.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
15. 15.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
16. 16.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) avoiding challenges (c) hiding your mistakes (d) practising hard skills
18. 18.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) ignoring feedback (c) asking for help early (d) trying new strategies
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) practising hard skills (c) praising effort (d) enjoying challenges
21. 21.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) practising hard skills (d) hiding your mistakes
22. 22.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) praising effort (c) learning from feedback (d) avoiding challenges
24. 24.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) envying others (d) giving up quickly
25. 25.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
28. 28.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) smart is born (c) talent is fixed (d) skills grow with effort
29. 29.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “Drawing is silly.” (b) “I can learn from her.” (c) “She is just lucky.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
30. 30.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) envying others (c) avoiding challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
31. 31.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You worked so hard!” (b) “You are a genius!” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “It’s easy for you.”
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
34. 34.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
37. 37.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) practising hard skills (d) enjoying challenges
39. 39.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) asking for help early (c) giving up quickly (d) hiding your mistakes

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