I would surmise that anyone who is a raving fan of Dan Kennedy, would also be a fan of Oscar the Grouch.

 

Before I explain why I’m saying this, let me ask you this…

Why is Oscar The Grouch such an enduring and revered character on the show Sesame Street?

 

In a completely different New York Times article about Spinney himself, he was recalling one of the many conversations people had with him about how the characters he played on the show impacted them (he was also the man who played and voiced Big Bird)…

 

He spoke of a woman he met in Cambridge, Mass., who related how a chance encounter with Oscar the Grouch in her adolescence taught her it was permissible to stand up for herself.

 

While wandering through the TV channels, Spinney said, the woman came upon “this strange creature saying no.” As she later told him, “I didn’t know you could say no to an adult.”

 

While all the other Muppets and kids on the show were in awe of the adults and deferring to them as children are trained to do… Oscar didn’t give one flying fuck if the adults approved of his looks, his attitude, his beliefs, his preferences, or his living situation. 

 

Both Dan and Oscar have a gruff, no-bullshit manner of interacting with their audience. They’re going to say what they feel is honest. Their filter is almost non-existent. But neither of them are out to hurt anybody.

 

They are both insanely certain of themselves. They don’t need everyone to like them in order to feel good about themselves. There is nothing wishy-washy or weaselly about them.

 

Just as the child referenced in the article above learned from Oscar that it was okay to stand up for herself in the presence of adults, Dan Kennedy has served as a mentor who for decades now has shown business owners that they don’t have to cower to peers in their industry… or to the shitty/detrimental/bullying opinions of any loser friends/family/employees… or to the market place who would take full advantage of them if the owner permitted them to do so. 

 

Autonomy is a super high priority for both Oscar and Dan.

 

 

If you have ever heard Dan talk about how he designed his office, which is the basement of his home, he talks about having the door bell disconnected down there so that you could be at the front door ringing away and he wouldn’t even know you’re out there. 

 

He knows that what constitutes “an opportunity” for 99.9% of the people showing up to his door in the middle of a workday does not qualify as an opportunity for him.

 

This is why he designs his environment in a way that does not allow for other people’s time-wasting agendas to derail him from the genuine opportunities he is working on.

 

Now read this last snippet I clipped from this article…

 

Though Oscar and Big Bird seem to have little in common, Spinney observed that they were both solitary characters who performed with other humans but few other Muppets. That suited him, he said.

 

“I’m a soloist,” said Spinney. “I’m not good with a team. I’m out of sync with the rest. They’re all going left at the same time, while I’m the only one going right.”

 

More forlornly, he said that it was “very lonely in there” playing Big Bird. “I was separated from everybody.”

 

Dan gets along marvelously with Renegade Entrepreneurs. He doesn’t care to get along with and win the favor the general entrepreneur nor the general public.

Since the 80’s he has worked alone in his office, with the few employees he has 100’s of miles away from him. He doesn’t want to work in a big office. He’s happy being a one-man show because he is MASSIVELY productive with this modus operandi.

 

And yet, he can readily admit that being renegade entrepreneur who goes right when all the other general entrepreneurs are going left is a lonely existence. His former right-hand man, Bill Glazer, is quoted in Dan’s NO B.S. BUSINESS SUCCESS book saying, “The entrepreneur is the loneliest person in the world.”

 

But the payoff of being a lone renegade entrepreneur can be tremendous.

 

When you refuse to be a part of an idiot herd that has their head up their ass, you can run circles around your competitors and become the market leader. And when your business is profitable THIS allows to go beyond barely getting by and gives you the breathing room you need in order to responsibly fund all the fun and social stuff you want to do with friends and family.

 

If you have any interest at all at learning why renegade entrepreneurs dominate their competition, then you definitely want to get your hands on the notes we took on Dan Kennedy’s Renegade Millionaire Retreat…

 

 

See you on the other side,
Dexter Abraham