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