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