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42great leader in the history of the world has patterned after a model. General George Patton, World War II hero, was a very, very stringent disciple of Alexander the Great. Martin Luther King's model for non-violent protest was Gandhi. Gandhi, while not a Christian, said he modeled his lifestyle after Jesus Christ.Models are the fastest way to move forward in your life mission. Find somebody who is already where you want to be and follow that example. The beauty about models is that they motivate us. Because as they break through barriers and make accomplishments, we know we can, too.I love the story about Roger Bannister. For years and decades, physiologists, doctors, scientists thought that the human being never could break the four-minute mile. In fact one doctor wrote a big piece in the American Medical Association Journal.He said, \would explode and your lungs would collapse if a human being ever would approach that fourminute barrier?\minute mile, within 15 months, so did 32 other people. Do you see what a model can do for you?Who are your models? Who are the people that you respect, living or dead, spiritually, intellectually and relationally? Who are you modeling your life after? If you don't have anybody like that, you're losing out. You're going through life wasting time andenergy, trying to learn lessons that you don't have to learn firsthand; you can better learn them through the experience of someone else. You need models to motivate you.You need mentors to mold you. A mentor is a counselor, personal coach or trainer; Unlike a model, whom you may or may not know personally. In fact, a model may have lived generations before your lifetime but a mentor, on the other hand, knows you very well and cares about you very much. A mentor is committed to your growth, to your goals, and to your soul. Mentors are extremely involved in your life. In fact, they are the people God uses in your life to bring out the best in you.The need for mentors is found throughout Scripture. Look at Proverbs 15:22, Solomon said, \ fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.\those two words, counsel and adviser. No matter how successful you become, you always need a coach.Look on television this afternoon and watch Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan has a coach. Steffi Graf has a coach. Pat Roddy has a coach. The actor Tom Hanks has a coach; there's a director coaching his every move. That's one of the reasons those people are professionals. If you find successful people who are really sharpening their skills, you can be assured they have a mentor.\ to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise.\was thinking about this point this week, I counted it up and I have had in my lifetime six different mentors%u2014people who have cared enough about me and have given me enough of their time to mold my life. I am going through a life transition right now, I am frankly looking for a couple more. I've never been smart enough on my own to do any job I've ever had in my life