Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 98 · 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.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) practising hard skills (c) enjoying challenges (d) trying new strategies
2. 2.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “She is just lucky.” (d) “Drawing is silly.”
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
4. 4.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
5. 5.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) hiding your mistakes (c) ignoring feedback (d) praising effort
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) learning from feedback (c) hiding your mistakes (d) practising hard skills
7. 7.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) hiding your mistakes (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) practising hard skills
9. 9.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🏅 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!”
11. 11.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) ever (c) yet (d) never
12. 12.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
14. 14.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
16. 16.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) effort is useless (c) smart is born (d) skills grow with effort
17. 17.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) practising hard skills (c) enjoying challenges (d) envying others
19. 19.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) trying new strategies (c) learning from feedback (d) praising effort
20. 20.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) asking for help early (d) hiding your mistakes
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) hiding your mistakes (c) avoiding challenges (d) asking for help early
22. 22.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) ignoring feedback (d) envying others
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) envying others (c) praising effort (d) avoiding challenges
24. 24.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) giving up quickly (c) hiding your mistakes (d) envying others
27. 27.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
29. 29.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) enjoying challenges (c) asking for help early (d) trying new strategies
31. 31.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
36. 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
37. 37.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) avoiding challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) learning from feedback
39. 39.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
40. 40.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) envying others (c) trying new strategies (d) asking for help early

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