Ethan Scott

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

@mirandadabs We are coming to DC next week! I’m hoping the shutdown is over by then 😅

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

@thatbrian Such is life

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

Leviticus done

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

@discerningdadd “I love you so much, I’ll meet you at your level” kind of move 😂

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

@jackrwilkie I think it’s a pretty clear low cost/high benefit for anybody speaking 😂

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

Generational curses. Your parents get the bad habits of their parents. You get those same bad habits. Maybe your kids get them?

There are also generational curses with leadership.

I have seen people get treated terribly by their leader, just to then 5 years later unknowingly repeat the same behavior to their direct reports.

We learn by experience, so we have to unlearn by experience as well. Replace your knowledge with new knowledge. Replace your bad experiences with good experiences. If you dont, there is only one will to draw from, and its poisoned.

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

If he is an elder, he should stay and fight.

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

When I start talking to new leaders about casting vision, I try to word it something like this...

"You should talk to your team about your opinions, and why you have them."

That is the heart of vision.

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

Story Time

Years ago, I was getting frustrated at work. I would go into meetings and it seemed like a decision had already been made, and the meeting was just a formality.

I talked to a mentor, and they told me about the concept of "stacking the deck".

Stacking the deck is when you find out who is going to be in a meeting, and you go around and have 1-1s with those people, an talk ideas and get them on your side, or find out the objections to your idea before the meeting. Then once its time to meet, you have already built support.

Play the game. Stack the deck.

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

If you are a christian, your leadership ability will somehow be correlated with your ability to listen to God's voice

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

Don't neglect the boring stuff

[Scott Cochrane @WScottCochrane]

Not everyone deserves trust.

But everyone deserves respect.

#Leadership

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

Question for my fellow chill christians.

So, I'm going through Leviticus, and I'm reading "the law". I have always held to the belief that God doesn't change, and that the law was given to the Israelites so that they would align with God's idea of morality and purity.

The freedom from the law that christians have through Jesus, what does that mean on a technical level? Are we still supposed to align with the law, but the sacrifice for sin has been eternally paid for?

I ask because the common language I see around this insinuates that we can Ignore the law, because it doesn't apply anymore.

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

I think everyone would agree that leadership isn't passive.

So then by default, its nature is aggressive.

Leaders call things out, good and bad. Leaders step into situations and affect change.

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

There are 2 options for growth in the christian church.

1. More church plants.
2. Growing the average church attendance in the churches we already have.

Both are good to do, but when your average church attendance in the US is only 75 people, i see more potential for option 2.

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

If you want the next generation to be involved, you have to take responsibility to train them.

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

12 Years on Twitter today!

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

Honesty is important, but wearing your heart on your sleeve isn’t always wise.

Honesty can shift focus from solving problems to just venting emotions. And knowing what everyone "truly feels" usually isnt helpful.

Leadership calls for restraint and prioritizing solutions.

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

Accountability is the heart of leadership

[Ethan Scott @TheEthanScott]

I used to think that leading and following were opposite. They are not, they are complimentary.