Nelson Searcy Blog
Ask Nelson a Question
Experience is NOT the Best Teacher
How many times have you heard someone (maybe even yourself) repeat the old saying “experience is the best teacher?”
And it seems like it should be true – the more we do something, the better we should get at it….
But the truth is, experience alone is a pretty bad teacher.
In fact, experience alone doesn’t make you better. I just makes you, well… older (ha!).
No, the best teacher is “evaluated experience.”
In other words, just doing something over and over again doesn’t make you better unless you take the time to carefully evaluate, observe, take note, and make changes to how you’ve been doing things.
Never is this more true than in church leadership.
I meet a lot of pastors who think that they’re going to become a better leader or a better communicator simply by doing those things repeatedly for years.
Yet they never (or almost never) take the time to push away from the day to day routine and process the lessons that their experience is serving up for them.
That’s one of the biggest points of positive feedback from the pastors in my Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Networks – that they grow tremendously by having a monthly process, built-in to their calendar, where they can “get on the balcony” and see what’s really going on in their church.
And only after that carefully evaluated experience are they able to chart a course to grow themselves AND their church!
Here’s what Tim Ennis, Coaching Alum and Senior Pastor of The Heights Church in Houston, Texas area, had to say about how the network has helped him and his church:
Thank you for being a part of the network Tim – keep up the good work!
Pastor – if you’re ready to grow your leadership and your church more in the next year than ever before, I want to help you.
My new Tele-Coaching Network for Senior Pastors begins THIS THURSDAY and I only have a handful of spots left.
The network is a twelve-month process where I’ll come beside you, teach you, and help you implement the changes you and your church need to grow.
You can read more and Apply Now at this link:
Add Comment
More Free Stuff...
Search The Blog
Looking for a particular subject? Please enter the keywords in below and press the search button to find what you are looking for...
Free E-Newsletter Sign-up
Nelson's Monthly E-Newsletter
The Church Leader Insights bi-weekly publication sent via email focuses on effective leadership, church growth, church planting, evangelism and much more.
Blog Categories
Blog Archives
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008








