Mentoring and the Analogy of Training a Pilot

• Be a mentor
• Make people development your top priority
• Limit who you take along
• Develop relationships before starting out
• Give help unconditionally - make them fly
• Let them fly with you for a while - a pilot never works alone (On the Job Training)
• Put fuel in their tank - resourcing
• Stay with them until they can solo successfully 
• Clear the flight path
• Help them repeat the process - no success without a successor. There's no generation if there are no generators
• Lift others higher 

Everyone Wants to Be...

• Valued
• Encouraged
• Motivated
• Supported
• Appreciated
• Understood

Why People are Not Mentoring?

• Insecurity
• Ego
• Wrong concept of success
• Lack of training

What to Use When You're Mentoring?

• Use your HAND (care)
• Use your HEART (counsel)
• Use your HEAD (coach)

Be a Student of the Vision. Be a CULT!

Cultivate the Vision
Understand the Vision
Live the Vision
Transmit the Vision

How to Be a Person of Advantage

1. Learn to hear from God - slow down and be with God. Remember: God speaks through the Word, the people & the Holy Spirit. 
2. Respond immediately to God's call - make the best of every opportunity.
3. Be ready to leave your comfort zone
4. Recognize God's connection with you - we are recipients of God's power. 
5. Recognize God's participation in your battle
6. Learn to trust your people around you
7. Prepare yourself in all areas
8. Exercise your faith instead of your logic
9. Be a starter 
10. Willing to strengthen your position not your opposition
11. Prepare always for the next move
12. Utilize God's resources

Calling Your 12 Disciples

Here are some of Jesus' discipleship principles upon calling his first disciples which could be some practical points in calling your disciples...Taken from Matthew 4:18-22...

1. WALK to where prospected disciples are (v. 18) - Jesus walked towards the persons whom he was led to call as his initial disciples. They were fisherman performing their daily tasks. For the record the first disciples were Simon and Andrew. Jesus deliberately went (walked) towards them (establishing connection) while they were working (knowing their context). In simple terms, know who and where your disciples are.
2. WAVE the call to discipleship (v. 19) - Jesus waved his very simple, specific and striking call statement: "“Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” The call must focus on two things: discipleship and destiny. We must call our prospected disciples to a life of discipleship by being both learners of the Word and followers of God. Then we must call them also to their destiny by fulfilling their life's mission to be leaders--the mission to evangelize, educate and empower others.
3. WAIT for commitments (v. 20-22) - Jesus waited for them to accept the call and follow him where ever he goes. This means leaving your old life. In the case of Simon, Andrew, James and John they left their work and family just to be the Lord's disciple. In application, the commitment a disciple must give is more on giving primary focus to God and his mission. The discipler must be ready and willing to wait for the prospect disciple's commitment.

Now the questions is where will I start? Start by praying and fasting just like Jesus did for both his mission and disciples (Matthew 4:2). If you do this you will have 100% result.