Thinking Big: Who would you live with? Moving up in career

The meeting started with the question - "with whom would we like to live with?" if we had the chance.  The prelude to this was the comentry on the radio about Wayne Rooney's shenanigan.  On the 'worldly' side of things a few chose Mandela, Bill Gates, Donald Trump and on the spiritual, a few chose their Pastor, the deputy G O and I think somebody chose Pastor Adeboye.
Such was the basis of starting the discussion on how to move up in life and carer. The dynamics between the puller and the pulled
God father/puller:  You need someone who is higher/better positioned than you and you backed it up with the scriptures (Heb 7:7).  You referred to them as the puller
Searching well:  You need to search from within the Church and outside of the Church
Do not be explicit/make it obvious to them that you intend to be above them but you want to be the best you can be and if your best ends up being better than/above them it should not cause harm 
Motivate your puller:  There has to be something that benefits them and they must know that there is something (tangible) for them to lose if they fail to assist you in your bid to get better
Make yourself valuable to your puller/patron
Get out from under and make a bold move when the opportunity presents itself (Esther in the Bible was a case study)
Be flexible  and if you need to get higher than your puller, then you would most likely need to find a new puller
Obtain multiple patronage i.e. have several pullers by identifying the decision makers and make them your puller
Escalate