Passion

I've started watching Kitchen Nightmares and... I was surprised. It's like I was watching my sister-in-law in action. I didn't quite realize it but her and Gordon have a lot in common. They don't take s*** from anyone because they're diligent and they KNOW their work is never shoddy. They are assertive, both have very strong, can-do personalities and both do not accept excuses. If it could have been done, it should have been done. They are target focused and simply jump over obstacles directly to solutions they know will work thanks to their constructive thinking and experience.

Now, I know this show is staged madly, but... there are definitely values there that anyone should adapt if they want to be more successful in life. This guy did not gain his fame purely on the shows he created, that is for sure. Being an a**hole is of course a great attention garnering thing... but... my sis-in-law is an a**hole as well. If by this you mean being brutally honest and exposing people's weaknesses violently to MAKE them realize that they NEED to overcome them in order to achieve results.

I gotta say I admire both of them.