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