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