To get ahead, the best thing to do is to use “role models” who are successful leaders. True or False? Why?

I was born an original, and I was meant to live as one. Role models can help me appreciate my own hidden potential, but I must learn how to apply it in my one-of-a-kind way. In all the millions of years on earth, there has never been another person like me, and there never will be again. This is my time. This is my chance. No one else can live it in my place.

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True..... role models must be used for success. 

Certainly false, there is a quote in English that " Don't read successful stories, you will get only messages. But read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.

I never follow a role models and always trying to be separated from others in my business models.

Finally, don't follow directly with any leaders because they never help you rather they look for them to be more great by using your skills too.  

Thanks Mr. John,

Fully agree , (TRUE) , who needs to reach the success , should follow role model.

Thank you Mr. Heavenly , I appreciate that kind of smart questions.

True and utterly agreed, because roles models is a leader gate to effective leadership and development strategy.

For more justification, i belive that modelling people is an effective way of learning new skills and behaviours. however, Leadership development has adopted role models as the way to breakthrough some of the challenges of passing on requirements to future leaders. The thinking goes ‘if we can point to the role models, tell people who they are and suggest they copy what they do, our leadership problems will be over’. Of course I exaggerate to make the point. There are a couple of assumptions behind this approach: 1. Leadership is best learned from recognized leaders. This learning happens through the process of “identification” with the leader as a role model. 2. The role models can transmit what they do and how they do it to others; that is they can teach it and that teaching others is enough to change their behaviour.

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I would like to believe that this statement does not always hold true. Role models are basically motivators for an individual. They might play a role in helping a person move up and ahead but the impact is stark only when the person is related to the same field or carrying out a similar work as his or her role model. If a person develops or creates success in a way which has never been done before, who does he look up to? It is the inner drive and self-motivation which works for such people. Most of us do need some external motivation, but not all. We all might need a mentor or a guide to show us a direction, but not necessarily a role model

Respected Sir, bundle of thanks for the invitation.

I fully endorse YOUR (Sir  Heavenly J John's) and Mr.   Sunny Sidhartha's Wonderful answers.

YES, "Role models can help me appreciate my own hidden potential, but I must learn how to apply it in my one-of-a-kind way.", as Sir Heavenly J John said, and

YES, I fully believe, "If a person develops or creates success in a way which has never been done before, who does he look up to?" as per Mr.  Sunny Sidhartha's Judicious viewpoint.