Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

It is surely no secret that the (true) ambition of the ‘telling of the Wakefield Doctrine’ is for other clarks in the world to find it and benefit from applying it’s principles to their own lives. (However), much of the ‘proof’ of the efficacy and value of the Wakefield Doctrine is presented obscurely within these pages, hidden in parentheses, disguised in proto-clever prose and smart-ass videos. That the Reader is required to find his/her own evidence for using the Doctrine in their own life is obvious, if not intentional. Readers who are:

• clarks (those people who grew up as ‘Outsiders’, seeing the world as a place that is apart (from themselves), their (life)time invested in the effort to learn the secret of ‘belonging’;
• scotts (the Predators, aggravated often by the un-necessarily complex rules, restrictions placed on the individual in society’s endless seeking of Conformity, a world composed mostly of people who value peace over danger, cooperation over competition, these very same people nevertheless encourages them to contribute their spontaneous enthusiasm for life, all the while, reining them in…just when it gets exciting or
• rogers (the Herd Members aka the person who from the earliest stage of their life, knows that the world is quantifiable and would be quite satisfied being left alone (in the company of their Herd), the Herd that is both literal, figurative and totally metaphorical to tend to their business of executing the steps of Life in a perfect a manner as they might manage.

That these Readers will identify with the stories is not in question, it’s whether I can develop the skills to present the stories, situations, allegories and ‘hey! you-want-to-hear-what-happened-to-me-today?’ in a simple, engaging and informative writing, is.

Allow me to offer an interesting example of the nature of a clark’s worldview and how, while still maintaining that this Wakefield Doctrine can serve as a useful tool for self-     development, I continually appreciate how difficult change can be, at least, enduring change:

…so, the thing of it is, the story that I’d intended to tell at the start of this Post yesterday, was a simple cautionary tale about how when we set out to gain or acquire or make some sort of change in our lives, we don’t always fully accept the results, even when our efforts are successful.  We, (some of us, at least I did and still do), continue to act as we’ve always acted, ironically we act as if we had never tried (to change or develop or win a coveted office). I’m tempted to address this specifically to our clarklike Readers, knowing quite well that, though scotts and rogers might not experience what I’m describing, we all possess the potential of ‘the other two worldviews’. Hell! Let me retract that last part of that last sentence, I say that everyone who has read this blog more than 3.5 times has a significant secondary clarklike aspect. So, this story should resonate with any Reader. That being said, the need, the drive, the desire to self-improve oneself, is a peculiarly significant aspect of the clarklike worldview. This is not to say that scotts and rogers don’t have a drive for self-development. The distinction is more about the ‘why’ of self-improvement.  scotts and rogers tend to view self-improvement as adding to what they are, while clarks look at self-developement as a way of changing what they are.

note: ‘faith’ is in lower case, simply to imply that quality found in some people who go through life knowing/acting as if/feeling as appropriate to something that is not objectively verifiable. Most often associated with religion, I maintain that it, faith can (and does) exist independent of dogma, belief, or other rational framework. When it exists (in a person), it stands out. There is no mistaking faith (or Faith) when a person has it.  At least to those who are willing to (allow themselves to) see it. That would be pretty much everyone who persists in coming back here… the ability, the self-confidence to be open to ways of being, reality that is not the same as our own.

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