Growth Mindset Worksheet Overview
A growth mindset is the belief that your skills and abilities can grow with effort, good strategies, and help from others. Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck named the idea after years of studying how people respond to challenges and mistakes. Everyone has a mix of fixed and growth thinking, and noticing which one is talking can help when you feel stuck or discouraged.
This worksheet gives you short activities for turning fixed thoughts into growth thoughts and for looking at a setback with curiosity. It also helps you spot the moments that bring out your fixed mindset and plan a challenge for the week.
In this worksheet, we’ll:
- Show you examples of fixed and growth mindset thoughts and how to rewrite your own
- Use the word yet to turn a dead end into a next step
- Walk you through learning from a recent setback
- Help you name your fixed mindset triggers and what to say instead
- Provide space to plan one challenge for this week
ChoosingTherapy.com strives to provide our readers with mental health content that is accurate and actionable. We have high standards for what can be cited within our worksheets. Acceptable sources include government agencies, universities and colleges, scholarly journals, industry and professional associations, and other high-integrity sources of mental health journalism. Learn more by reviewing our full editorial policy.
-
Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Random House.
-
Blackwell, L. S., Trzesniewski, K. H., & Dweck, C. S. (2007). Implicit theories of intelligence predict achievement across an adolescent transition: A longitudinal study and an intervention. Child Development, 78(1), 246-263.
-
Dweck, C. S. (2016). What having a growth mindset actually means. Harvard Business Review.
-
Yeager, D. S., et al. (2019). A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement. Nature, 573, 364-369.
Therapist Directory at Psychology.com Find a licensed therapist near you on the Psychology.com directory. Many therapists accept insurance, offer in-person and online appointments, and have immediate availability. List Your Practice on Psychology.com Psychology.com is the therapist directory from the team behind ChoosingTherapy.com. List your practice with your first 30 days free, then $49 a month. Cancel any time.
Related Worksheets
