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