A printable set of worksheets highlighting famous people from around the world who have failed and struggled on their way to success.

These growth mindset handouts are designed to assist parents and educators, at home or in the classroom, in helping kids overcome the fear of failure.

Fear of failure is a hallmark of a FIXED mindset and often contributes to the child shying away from trying new things or taking on a challenge. By not fearing failure, children are one step closer to having a GROWTH mindset and living a big life!

Important Notes

1. This is a digital product. Nothing will be mailed.

2. This printable kit is different from Big Life Journal and all other kits, none of the materials in our store overlap.

Terms of Use

Each licence (purchase) is valid for one educator/classroom with 1-35 students in one classroom or one family.  These printables are for non-commercial use only.  This PDF file may not be distributed for free or for any form of compensation.  If you would like to use these printables as part of a class or practice you charge for, you must purchase a professional licence.  Please reach out to [email protected] for more information.

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What's In The Kit?

This kit includes:

• 10 worksheets with stories of famous people who experienced failure/struggle

• A reflection page for each story

• A list of successful people for further learning 

• A companion template worksheet which can be used by the child to capture the learnings from the previous list

How To Use It

The story of each famous person can be used to begin a discussion with your child about what it takes to overcome the fear of failure in various settings: at the dinner table, while traveling on vacation, during bedtime reading, etc. It can also be used in conjunction with the SUCCESS ICEBERG poster (also available as PDF).

At the end of the kit, the list of other successful famous people and companion template worksheet are a great tool for self-directed learning (research) by the child.

Either alone or assisted by a parent/teacher, the child chooses from the list someone they find interesting. The child then investigates the person's story learning about times when they failed or struggled and their eventual success.

By filling in the template themselves, the child begins to internalize the understanding that failure and struggle is not something to fear, and in most cases, is necessary for success.