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