Which thoughts do you
recognize in your daily life?
Situation
RESULTS
You get a very high grade
on an exam:
You fail for the second
time:
Your friend gets a very high
grade on an exam:
STARTING
At the beginning of a new
subject or assignment.
When you expect it to be
difficult.
DIFFICULTIES
You get negative feedback
from your teacher:
You get a challenging
assignment:
When something costs a lot
of effort:
When you make a mistake.
Thoughts indicative of a Thoughts indicative of a
Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset
Great! I am a very intelligent ☐ Great! I have worked hard and ☐
person. learned a lot.
I’m not made for this. ☐ What am I missing? ☐
How come he/she scored ☐ Inspiring! How did he/she do that? ☐
higher than me!? I feel bad
about myself...
I hope this will be easy. ☐ I hope this will be interesting. ☐
This will be too hard. ☐ This may take some time. ☐
Oh no, this proves I am no ☐ Ok, I need to get back to work and ☐
good for this! learn more.
This may show everyone how ☐ A good opportunity to develop ☐
incapable I am. myself: let’s see how far I’ll get.
I am not good at this. ☐ Learning takes time. ☐
I better give up and focus on ☐ I will try again, using a different ☐
something else. strategy.
Your total number Fixed: __ Your total number Growth: __