Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine ( the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers )
Nothing too convoluted or clever today. You all watched the Video in the previous Post, correct? While this Post (and the whole blog) is intended primarily for entertainment purposes, the definition of entertainment is where we get into trouble.
- clarks think
- scotts act
- rogers feel
So the three are sitting and watching the video, they seem to be enjoying the thing. The video ends and we ask the following question:
“What did you get out of that (watching the video)?”
- clarks: you were willing to video tape yourself, just to tell the story?
- scotts: what do you mean, ‘what did I get out of it’?
- rogers: well, about those girls, you know there are other ways to interpret what was happening there…
While it is easy to be distracted by how the three personality types would perceive the events of this weekend past, the point remains the same:
- the Wakefield Doctrine is a tool for understanding the behavior of other people
- the Wakefield Doctrine allows you to know what the other person will do in virtually any situation
- the Wakefield Doctrine offers you the opportunity to know more about the ‘other person’ than they know about themselves
- as a tool, the Wakefield Doctrine is best looked at as:
- a lens through which you observe the behavior of the other person
- a template which allows you to see how the person acts and helps you to infer the ‘world that they are experiencing’
- a game! …to be shared with friends.. you see who can spot the clarks and the scotts and the rogers first and see who predicts their behavior most accurately!
Ok I can’t think of any more ‘formatting tricks’ to ‘pad-out’ this Post.
Truth of the matter is that I am supposed to be working on the Wakefield Doctrine book. At the moment, I am struggling with explaining why rogers do not make good policemen and how a scott hired to be an aeronautical engineer would be disastrous or why it is that clarks represent an inordinate percentage of the janitorial workforce. Well, if we are ever going to have a First Annual Wakefield Doctrine Global Pic-a-Nic, I had better start writing!
So take a listen to today’s music video and let us know if you have had the kind of fun that yesterday’s Post describes!
About clarkscottroger
Elephants think, act and feel. Yep, they do. Perfect example of the 3 types (clarks, scotts and rogers) and how we all have some of each.
Convoluted? No. If an elephant can understand that something is convoluted then you damn well be able to also.
from wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition
After all, it’s the Wakefield Doctrine and this is one of the most un-convoluted and useful posts. Back to basics.