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‘maybe now, you can’t hear them…but you will’ the Wakefield Doctrine and the ‘Case of the Missing rogers’

October 31, 2011 By

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine1

Is it me, or is it totally paradoxical  that, as the Wakefield Doctrine begins to attract more and more Readers, the number of  rogerian (participants) appears to be declining?

…why do I say this?     “To begin with”…  ( hey!! lock the doors, the scotts are bolting for the door!) …  we should explain something about the ‘natural’ relationship between rogers and scotts…

rogers are to scotts as:

  • prey are to predator
  • diastolic is to systolic
  • (the) drive to reproduce is to natural selection

In a very, very recent conversation with a roger (Phyllis), she mentioned that MJM had referred to a known clark as being ‘ a roger because she was so interested in (the) family history’. This is incorrect, but understandable, and as such provides an illustration of the differences and distinction among the three personality types of the  Wakefield Doctrine which, as we should all totally know by now, is predicated on the proposition that all people experience the world in one of three characteristic ways, that of a clark and how a scott perceives the world and the perception of the rogers.
(As the Doctrine provides), to be a clark is to live in the world as an outsider, to survive as a scott is to act appropriately to an inherently hostile world and to thrive as a roger is to know that the world is grounded in rules and order. MJM’s  mistaken identification ( of a clark as a roger because of interest in family history) is quite useful to illustrate the Doctrine, to wit  the distinction between personality types  when they appear to have identical interests.  It is axiomatic that a roger is totally interested in genealogy, the construction of family trees and delineation of  relationships through time…and it all starts (and ends) with the roger. A clark can also be interested in family history (…you know the one, the spinster aunt with the odd sense of humor (usually reserved for the children who always shows up at family reunions and funerals) and will gather information on the family and family history.
But whereas a roger will gather records of births and deaths and display them in a precise and almost scientific format ( …’clearly the Uncle Shaughnessy is 3 degrees removed from the primary Irish ancestors…), your typical clark2 will not have charts and illustrations, they will have stories and memories and anecdotes about the people in the family.
The roger sees the study of family with themselves as the focal point,  a clark will simply gather stories, whether they play a role in these stories or not (most likely not). The roger lives in a world in which the people are connected and linked and can be proven to lead from one person to another over time. The clark lives in a world of people who are not connected directly to them, a world in which they know they have a place but it is not provable and it is only by possessing knowledge of the family and the history of the people that comprise the family, do clarks feel they belong.   Get it? …now back to the lesson:

  • nails to the hammer
  • roots to the tree
  • memory to life

Got it?  So, where are the rogers?
Out there, waiting to see if ‘the room fills up’…only then can they/will they approach us. They will join immediately,  if a scott tells them to …(but they will not stay);  they will challenge the validity of the Wakefield Doctrine if a clark invites them to join…(and they will stay to become very valued members,  if they can see the Wakefield  Doctrine as comprising a herd).

Go figure

1)  the theory of clarks,  scotts, and rogers
2) yeah, as if

 

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What do you want? Can’t you see I’m re-decorating this rut here? the Wakefield Doctrine: Ikea for the soul?

October 29, 2011 By

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

While we await the arrival of a photo of the hat on (the damned head) of the newest of  FOTDs , lets consider how easy it is to make things difficult for ourselves.

clarks: 

  • as outsiders,  we place the world and everything in it (reality, ya know) someplace  there  (or better yet) out there ..which we think is not so bad because we can keep an eye on things
  • as people who think, we are certain that whatever is necessary for a happy and productive life is something we need to understand ( and we are confident that we will, when we finally un-cover it)
  • as outsiders, we recognize that everyone else is different and assume that different is not always better, so we try to fade into the background
  • we adapt by thinking that if we can associate with the ‘real people’ long enough, then we will become real people

    • 

scotts:

  • as the active, productive-live-in-the-here-and-now type, we barely notice that there is no one listening
  • if there is no reaction from the people in our world, we know the answer….’cause there is only one answer (how could there be more than one answer? that doesn’t fuckin make no sense) and that (answer)  is to work harder, faster, LOUDER
  • if the world does not respond to us, no problem!   time to move on…because ‘moving on’ is decisive action and that is what we do best…action…decisively  (what do you mean the word ‘decisively’ derives from ‘decision’ ?! )  action…move forward!!! thats it!
  • we make things difficult?  for myself?? thats crazy  there is only me and food and sleep and ….what was the question?
  • fuck you

    • 

rogers:

  • seeing how the world is perfect, how can I make things difficult for myself?  what are you un-imaginative??  oh…I see now…you are different
  • everything can be understood, provided it is properly explained
  • everything can be explained because there are Rules for such things  ( such things?  well  I guess we mean  all things )
  • ‘a place for everything and everything in it’s place’   perfect!! that is the world that you people do not understand or appreciate
  • very simple,  find the source of the blame and you will have your solution

Well!! We hope everyone is energized and encouraged by today’s little Post.  If you ( actually ) read this then you will have one of three response:

  1. …ok maybe…let me think about that
  2. fuck you…. wait a minute…lol…..I get it!!                        fuck you
  3. no, you have missed the mark and (even if you had a point), you really need to go and learn the Rules of Rhetoric, and proper grammar and well…there is so much wrong here, we can’t imagine how there could be any ‘fixing’ or ‘improving’….clearly you mean well, but someone should have let you know that people have too much to do without having the time to spend with this nonsense

Don’t forget tonight is Saturday Night….Call in Show!!!  8 to 8:45   Call us and have something to tell your damn grandchildren about 

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Video Friday Episode Dvacet-pět the Wakefield Doctrine it can help you today!

October 28, 2011 By

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

While we wait for the reel to be changed lets consider what you can do with this video form (of the Wakefield Doctrine).

Well that certainly was… insightful?  Perhaps our Narrator was a bit… ‘prem mature’  in his ascribing significant scottian qualities to the performance of today’s Video Post. Nevertheless he is correct in two regards:

  1. the Wakefield Doctrine is attracting more and more people, people who bring with them a perspective on the use of the Doctrine that is, shall we say, a little less…dedicated to one goal. Those of us who brought the Doctrine to the blogosphere  ( such as DS#1 and Ms AKH )  must be forgiven if, from time to time, we come across with a..  an excess of zeal. That we are apologetic in this is not ever to be assumed , but the premier value of being joined by new FOTDs such as Molly and Alex and Claire and Nell is that they can, at times, ‘see more of the forest’ than we can…
  2. the (necessary) rogerian quality of continuity is part of the reason for there being an Episode 25, as is the case with most things rogerian, ‘just cause it’s old and there are a lot of them, don’t mean they have any special value’… hell, ask your your grandparents about the ‘current Book Value’ of their collection of National Geographic magazines, spanning the Years 1959 – 1969.  There are some things that require continuity and, by inference, repetition and practice in order to develop a value. The Wakefield Doctrine Video Friday series may not be keeping Ken Burns awake at night, but it forms a measure of the development of the online presence of this thing of ours.

For you new  Readers!  (If you have made it this far in today’s Post ) then you are totally in luck! What you have stumbled on is the best self-development tool available today!

The Wakefield Doctrine is a fun, useful and totally effective tool for understanding the behavior of others and for changing the things about yourself that you have always wanted to change. The Wakefield Doctrine ( the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers ) is based on the idea that all people see the world in one of three characteristic ways and at an early age we all settle on one worldview and become what we call clarks or scotts or rogers.  While there is one dominant type for all of us, we never lose the capability to see the world as the other two types, this accounts for why nearly everyone see(s) the other two personality types in themselves,  on occasion. The Wakefield Doctrine is gender and culture neutral. It is not directly affected by age. The Wakefield Doctrine does not require you to answer questions, fill out surveys or run down a checklist of likes and dislikes. The Doctrine does require you to have a certain…flexibility and a certain level of intelligence. With the Wakefield Doctrine all of the behavior of those people in your life will finally make sense and you will have the answer to the question,  “Now why on earth would they want to go and do a thing like that?!! I thought I knew them!!”   As a way to change the things about yourself that you would like to change, (but have never been able to achieve), the Doctrine is without peer.  (However).  The Wakefield Doctrine is for you, it is not for them.

Well that it for today.

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what do you mean, he ‘got past’ Security?! what the hell! …gimme a minute, I don’t care! just stall him! this is the Wakefield Doctrine!

October 26, 2011 By

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

Remember how we have been saying that, as people come across our website and learn about the Wakefield Doctrine, they will be joining us in our efforts to show the world a  better personality theory?  Funny thing about that… 

“Hey!  Yeah! thats right, You!!  Welcome!!!!  Yeah, I said welcome! You got a problem with that?!?!   …thank you for your attention.”    

Alex, yo  sit already. 
We first met  Alex Crabtree   at ‘the Facebook’.  With Friends of the Doctrine (FOTD)  such as  Clairepeek and Nell Rose and Seven Ravens, while we still exchange emails and write Comments on (each other’s) Posts, ‘the Facebook’ allows a certain ‘quick-on-the-run’ form of communication.   That we hit it off with Alex,  is not so remarkable… that he was fascinated by the Doctrine barely is worth mention, …even the fact that our Mr. Crabtree is a skilled and accomplished writer, with a following of no small accounting  is not what should have you sitting back in your chair. That this Wakefield Doctrine has enabled/empowered/encouraged a rather ….diverse…group of people  to inveigle an (otherwise) intelligent, mature and accomplished adult to send us a photo of his Wakefield Doctrine hat (with supporting damn head) claiming ( by Right of Hat ) a famous local landmark as his own,  wellll  that should totally, frickin’  blow your mind.  
The thing about this Wakefield Doctrine thing of ours is that it totally works and has a practical value. Alex is a perfect example. He is clearly not a person who is shy and retiring,   he is quick with the repartee and does not appear overly concerned about what people may think of him.  In other words, he a scott!  Our point is, with the Wakefield Doctrine, we non-scottian people knew exactly what to do when we first met Alex: 

  •  laugh,
  • push (the other guy) back even harder
  • ….and have fun! 

Damn, it works.
Turns out that not only is Alex a scott, but he got mad writer skills. Convincing and engaging, his work ranges from telling tales of his-18-year-old-self   to painting a picture that forces you to appreciate the inherent attractivness of the homely parts of  life.  Good stuff. He spends a lot of time over at a place called Extreme Writing Now ,  you should stop by, tell ’em the Doctrine sent ya. 
So, in the spirit of the scottian worldview ( i.e.  direct…direct  and then,  direct) lets give Alex the flo:

I am a man with a pen, a laptop, two hounds, a head full of drug forged memories from the 1970’s and 80’s, a bitter ex-wife, a stack of abused  spiral bound notebooks, a love of people- as long as they don’t come within fifty feet of me (something to do with that mess back in ’08 resulting in the rest of the world filing a restraining order against me), six wheels, a penchant to create bizarre lists, a deep and disturbing distaste of coconut, an unhealthy and lengthy man-crush list, more head scars than Cher has ex-husbands, an odd number of dimples when I smile, an appreciation for the power that affords a single strawberry to topple most third world nations (America has far too many staunch prudes for that to work here- but someday…), a taste for tequila, a hankering for key lime pie, and the love…

( Well said, Alex.  No, you cannot go to your local National Guard and make them give you the keys to an M1 Abrams, …doesn’t matter if ‘ you’ll spring for the gas’… just sit for a minute, we’re almost through here… No, I don’t think that she was staring at you….sit! )
So the Wakefield Doctrine is pleased to put  the citizens of the State of Ohio ( Ohio-ians(?) Ohioeenas, Ohio-enizens)… on notice that there is a new scott in town and “y’all best  mind ya manners, eat right and pay attention”.

Welcome Alex Crabtree

 Hey!  you can hear Alex and all the rest of the DownSprings every( well most every, pretty much every, if they call in  then you can…)  Saturday Night Live!!  Just figure out how to call in and you can ask Alex or Molly or DS#1 or even AKH  a question!!  And they have to answer you!!  (Really, they do!)

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there are three (3) ways to say this: the Wakefield Doctrine (alright….one way)

October 23, 2011 By

Wakefield Doctrine here…hello there!

Did you miss last night’s Saturday Night Drive?  You did, cause we had a full dashboard1 and I didn’t hear your name when the Machine Lady announced. ” the Caller ___  has joined the Conference”.  Hey, it surely must suck to be you this fine Sunday morning. Unless you are among our friends living on the Marshall Islands  ( Official Motto “No way! I was sure today was Thursday”   read more *)
In any event, it was a glorious night to be alive…in a car (literally or digitally) ‘surrounded by Wakefield’.  In attendance this particular evening were:

  • DS#1  battling alligators and overcoming the suffocating and deadly miasma de ennui of wandering herds of feral rogers  DS was ready with  ‘reference ‘n resource’ ,  should the conversation veer into unknown regions
  • Molly was in da house… she is always there, with a laser-like ability to listen…(for you really old people.  think of the character ‘Benson’  in the 1970’s sitcom ‘Soap’  only less acerbic….and not a guy)
  • Alex Crabtree… first time on the Drive…acquitted himself quite well,  we were talking about the weather in our respective geographical regions, ( yeah, out-of-control conversation lol) and Alex hit us with a ‘visual’ to the effect that the terrain is so flat that you can see three ‘towns’ at one glance and distinguish them from their respective church steeples…good chops    (for a scott)
  • speaking of scotts our Ms AKH was riding shotgun… things were not allowed to get dull

All in all it was fun and educational!   ( Why yes! I do need to get all teacherly and semidantic…I’m a frickin clark,  yo ). In any event, Alex will be sending us a photo of his Wakefield Doctrine hat ( on his damn head)  and in case you live in his area,  you might want to be prepared for some changes!  It turns out that Alex was not aware of the Right of Hat!!  I mean, he liked the idea of having a hat of his own (with ‘scott‘ in red letters) but he was not aware of the special powers of said hat…but don’t take my word for it, go read it for yourself here…. ( hey, if it wasn’t true we wouldn’t be allowed to publish it!  and besides it says somewhere in that Post, that the information came (in part) from Wikipedia. So there!)

So, lets keep today’s Post short…there is a Sunday out there… even the clarks need to get outside!  Following is the Post as originally written early last night.

“…how to say this… a person who… is a….”

Followers of the Wakefield Doctrine ( the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers )  the fun and the challenge, the hurdle to jump and the triumph of good effort are all found in presenting you the Reader with examples of the personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine. Let’s rephrase that just a touch,  ‘…examples of people exhibiting behavior associated with one of the three worldviews referred to as clarks, scotts or rogers‘…no, one more teeny adjustment, ‘…examples of the behavior that is appropriate when considering the world as experienced by (one) of the three personality types i.e. clarks or scotts or rogers.
…yeah, that’s better.   Now, where were we?

New Readers?  Do not worry….that (last section?) did not make a lot of sense, we admit that… but then again, if reading and learning, understanding and benefiting from the Wakefield Doctrine ( the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers ) were easy you would have already heard about it, now wouldn’t you? (have)2

1) when a person calls in on the Saturday Night Drive,  the car, which has that Bluetooth thing, uses the audio system to handle the call, that way everyone in the car can hear (you) and everyone else in the dashboard can hear each other and so forth and so on….

2) alright….quick basics:  The Wakefield Doctrine maintains that all people are born with the potential to experience the world in one of three characteristic ways and that is our perception of the world that drives our behavior/personality types. At an early age we all settle on one of these three ways of seeing the world and we call that becoming a clark or a scott or a roger. However, it is essential to know that we always retain the capacity to experience the world as the ‘other two’ would. This explains why, when some people first learn about the Wakefield Doctrine, they will say things like, “Hey! (their scottian aspect) I tried this personality thing out cause it sounded interesting (their clarklike aspect) but sometimes I act like a scott and other times I am definitely a roger! Your theory does not work! ( hello, roger)”.    
Not to worry, we all go through that.  But as Molly brought out in a recent conversation, when you are trying to determine if someone (else) is a clark or a scott or roger, that you try using the Doctrine like a filter…do they match up with the rogerian?…then try the scottian…and so on.
And do not forget, this is meant to be fun!  Really, it is cool and interesting and will help you change things about yourself that you have never been able to change, but it is fun…so relax  enjoy yerself  and call us next Saturday!

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