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