'ideal' is such a strange word choice.
Idea - Yes
deal - Yes
ideal - unless intentionally
MODEL, EXAMPLE, PATTERN, EXEMPLAR, IDEAL mean someone or something set before one for guidance or imitation. MODEL applies to something taken or proposed as worthy of imitation. a decor that is a model of good taste EXAMPLE applies to a person to be imitated or in some contexts on no account to be imitated but to be regarded as a warning. children tend to follow the example of their parents