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Wednesday ( how to answer the Question: “what did you just say about me?” ) the Wakefield Doctrine (and what the hell is the deal with the ‘d’ in Wednesday?)

August 22, 2012 By

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

Three things to accomplish today:

  1. provide Readers with a simple, yet comprehensive definition of the Wakefield Doctrine, in case they, (the Readers), actually accepted the challenge presented in yesterday’s Post
  2. offer some advice and guidance on how people will most likely react to being described as clarklike or scottian or rogerian
  3. find out what the hell the letter ‘d’ is doing in the word Wednesday… seriously, not a ‘duh’ sound anywhere, in any pronunciation that I have ever heard… it must be a trick!

Number One item first!

the Wakefield Doctrine is a unique, productive and fun way to look at the behavior and (the) personalities of the people in our lives. The Wakefield Doctrine maintains that everyone has a personal reality, or worldview, and that it is this worldview that accounts for the behavior and personality in all of us. The Wakefield Doctrine maintains that there are three characteristic worldviews: the worldview of the Outsider (a clark) the reality of the Predator (the scottian personality) and the real world of the Herd Member (the roger) and all of us live in one of these three. The Doctrine goes on to say, that even though we all pick one of these three worldviews to live in, we always retain the capability to experience the world as either of the ‘other two’ personality types. The Wakefield Doctrine proposes that by knowing how the world appears to a person (the nature and character of their worldview), it is possible to know why people act the way they do. With a thorough understanding of the Wakefield Doctrine, it is possible for us to know more about ‘the other person’ than they know about themselves! It’s fun to learn and as an added bonus,  there is a growing community of people who are not only learning about the Wakefield Doctrine and how it can help them understand the people in their lives, but they themselves are contributing to the development of this ‘personality theory’ on a daily basis. (…oh yeah! The Wakefield Doctrine is possibly the most effective tool for self-improvement and self-development ever seen!)

Pretty simple, isn’t it?

2) (…when they catch you describing them!):

  1. the person you are describing as clarklike or scottian or rogerian overhears you or is told that you have described them with (one of those) words and then confronts you
  2. the person you are describing asks you for more of an explanation in a private setting, after the initial interaction

Number 2 is simple: give them the url and suggest that they go and read more about it for themselves.  If this person gets belligerent or otherwise adversarial, tell them that you will give them a secret password that they should put in the subject line of the email that they should write, that if they use this secret password, then their email will go right to the top!  The secret password is: ‘damn!’

Number 1 is not as simple, but much more instructive! (Note: this advice is written from the perspective of the person doing ‘the naming’ is a clark. go ahead, ask us why! lol)

If the person is a clark, then chances are they won’t say anything, they will however establish some form of temporary eye contact… this will be accompanied by a slight raising of the eyebrows and (possibly) a brief clarksmile* it is safe to ignore them, but if you decide to engage them, simply offer the url, then say, “it’s probably something you have already heard of”

If the person is a scott, then immediately laugh but do not, under any circumstances try to run away (that will simply trigger their chase instinct). Follow the laughter with a ‘throw-away’ explanation about how you got the term scottian from one of those crazy personality types websites… that it was really an interesting site and how they describe people as animal types…sort of. If the scott is alone (as if!), they will ask to hear more; if they are not alone, keep an eye on the people who are gathered around the scott, the pack. At the slightest hint of anyone in the pack taking offense at your characterization, immediately offer to take the scott to your computer and show them what you are talking about ( even if they don’t take the bait, you might have a chance to make a break for the door)

If the person is a roger, they will most likely appear to enjoy and agree with what you have said, showing great interest in this ‘rogerian‘ thing. Don’t believe them! Tell them that it was nothing and how, now that they mention it, you realise you were probably wrong and the designation from this personality type website is clearly way off base. Get away as quickly as possible.

3) Wensday! that is how they should spell it! running out of time, go see our friends at wikipedia for the etymology, yo  ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday )

There you go!  If anyone has anything to report (on their efforts to ‘call out’ friends and family Doctrine-style), totally let us know! The statement above about how everyone is contributing to the development of this here personality theory here was made with complete sincerity.

*clarksmile the peculiar way clarks have of smiling… brief eye contact, followed by a pressing of the lips together. this pressing has an effect of forcing the lips outwards to the sides, looking totally like a possible smile! sort of  lol

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Tuesday (or how to practice using the Wakefield Doctrine) the Wakefield Doctrine …some you half-know this stuff already, the rest of you? hopeless!

August 21, 2012 By

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

The Wakefield Doctrine is an unquiet, persistent and fearsome tool, used properly it will change how you see the world and the people in it, on a fundamental and essential level.

If you want me to say this in a more traditional and comfortable way, I will, but you must do something first, my babies. I will stop being weird (er) provided you Readers collectively, individually, working as small cadres that are loosely bound by a desire to learn this Wakefield Doctrine, whatever… do the following:

  • pick one or two people who are active1 in your day and decide for yourself if they are a clark or a scott or a roger
  • at some point in your day, while in the company of others, make the following statement; ” Well, (so-and-so) was being especially clarklike today” or “(Mr. or Ms.) was really showing his/her scottian nature today” or “I can’t believe how rogerian (this person) was acting today, going so far as to (give an example)”.
  • the statement must be made at normal conversational levels, not overly loud (scotts) nor mumbled incoherently (clarks), simply a statement.
  • you must use the correct pronunciation:  clarklike (clark ‘like) scottian (scoe ‘shun) and rogerian (row jeer ‘ian)
  • finally, you may respond to the questions of others (after having made this statement, in any manner except “oh, nothing  I didn’t say anything!”

If anyone of you who is not DS#1 or Ms. AKH does this thing and writes a Comment telling us about their experience, I will try to return to a more normal and enjoyable writing style.

…questions?  Then why are you still staring at this screen?? Go on!  Get out there and do this thing!

Hey clarks!! The scottian and rogerian Readers think that they know the benefit of actually going along with the Request in this Post. And, in a sense, they are correct…from a traditional, mainstream perspective. And you, as clarks, sorry to say it, would normally not get the understanding of the benefit… except this is the Wakefield Doctrine and here things are different. I will go so far as to say, that here at the Wakefield Doctrine, things are very more different for clarks than for scotts and rogers  and all in a totally positive sense.   Not that it makes your job easier! But you have so much more advantage than the other two and so much more to gain… how sad for us that we will read this statement and feel worse!  Too bad! too sad!  Go on, get out there! Do this one simple thing today and come back and tell us all about it. I guarantee that you will be glad that you did.

1)  meaning co-worker, classmate, spouse, friend, girlfriend/boyfriend2 or your boss3

2)  might want to hold off on these, for conjugal reasons if nothing else

3)  same here, ‘cept maybe not as conjugal

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Word Salad Sunday!! the Wakefield Doctrine ( what did you say you have, that no one else has… something that can help me with my problems?)

August 19, 2012 By

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

(Fans of the Wakefield Doctrine will recognize the style of today’s Post, i.e. start with one theme…lose track, get another theme and try to tie together totally disparate elements… not for the faint of heart!)

Good Drive last night! The rainy weather was just clearing towards the end of the afternoon, un-fortunately, the damn axial tilt is such that it is getting dark at 7:30, which, so with the lingering cloud cover,  a Summer’s End photo just did not happen. Hopefully the weather will co-operate next weekend and we will have enough light to get a photo. We might even move up the start time of next week’s Drive to 7:30 (5:30 MT*), stay tuned!

Passagers de la voiture included DS#1, Ms AKH and Molly, discussion topics ranged from, ‘the start of the New School Year’, to the challenge of reaching ‘the young people’ and the evening ended with a question regarding the application of the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine to intra-familial conflict resolution. This last question was to have been the focus of today’s Post, but then I became engaged in an exchange of ideas with Jasmine  who, like Molly, has a perspective on the Wakefield Doctrine that is refreshingly direct.

Molly helps us by saying things like, “I know this person and they are a (clark or a scott or a roger) and they are coming to me for advice on their situation. Exactly how do I use the Doctrine to help them?”  This matter-of-fact approach is both immensely annoying and exactly what we need at this stage of developing the Wakefield Doctrine as a tool that can help all sorts of people deal with the challenges of living in the modern world.

Jasmine has that same directness, both in how she interprets what is written about the Doctrine as well as the questions she poses. Today, in our conversation, I mentioned something about how there are times (for clarks) when the the ‘simple certainty’ that scotts exhibit and the ‘un-shakeable opinion’ seen in rogers looks enviable… we find ourselves thinking how nice it would be to hit ourselves over the head hard enough to quiet the voice that is always asking ‘what if this is…’ and maybe waking up a scott or perhaps regain our senses to find ourselves a roger. I was getting a bit tangled up in trying to describe what I meant when Jasmine replied:

“I have often considered that in changing a part of myself to be more comfortable in society, or my school or job world, etc, I am likely sacrificing something that is essential and unique to my self — a part that might enhance my creativity, etc. I assume that is a clark-like thought‘

… to which I thought, “damn! exactly!”

So lets combine the two ‘Questions’ and hopefully get a useful Answer.

Based on the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine, how do I go about helping my friends who have problems and how do I help myself …both without ending up worse than I started?

  1. remember who/what you are
  2. be mindful of who/what they are
You are predominantly a clark or a scott or a roger, however you have the capacity to act as if you were one of the  ‘other two’, all of the qualities and perspectives and advantages of all three of the personality types are available to you. It is just a matter of developing your ‘secondary and tertiary aspects’. To this end you should make every effort to:
  • knowing which of the three you are is the first thing, understanding this not only allows you to see objectively where your strengths are, (more importantly) you will learn what and where your weaknesses are
  • knowing which of the three personality types the people you are trying to help,  allows you to see why they are acting the way that they are and therefore allow you the freedom of action that they lack
  • accept that much of your involvement with the problems of other people is a result of who you are (as opposed to the problems you find yourself  called to help others with)
  • know that the proper resolution of the conflict must be grounded in what you are, do you have the capability of bringing it about?   …if you do not, then which of your other two aspects does have what it takes to bring about a resolution?
Applying the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine will help you. And since the Doctrine is predicated on the concept of three worldviews, you simply cannot do any lasting harm in your efforts to learn about your own pre-dominant type and your secondary and tertiary aspects. So try it and let us know how it works and we will keep listening.

 

 

 

*MT  Molly Time

 

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…what? the Wakefield Doctrine Extra!! Extra!!! Hear All About It!!

August 18, 2012 By

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

For all the videophobes in our Readership, I will now translate to the written word what I was trying to verbalize in today’s video. (bullet points du jour, mais bien sûr !)

The Wakefield Doctrine:

  • fun (for you and your friends or you by your-own-damn-self)
  • productive and useful (for you… remember what we say! “the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them”)
  • unique (find me another personality assessment system that will connect Ken Burns to berets or combat boots to lingerie, I dare you… I double dare you!!)
  • tells you more about the (other) person than they know about themselves! ( you know that rogers act on the basis of referential authority…do they? damn straight they don’t!!)
  • is easy to learn (it’s simply a set of characteristics of a worldview, not a long list of questions or axises or chi-damn-square measurements!)
  • works by itself!  learn the three worldviews, correctly infer the pre-dominant worldview of another person and you, my friend, are in business
  • we did say fun, didn’t we? well, I will say it again…and a little secret fact about the Doctrine… no!!  not here… down 2 more bullet points, I’ll write it backwards
  • has hats!!!
  • has DocTees too!!
  • outsiders insiders become at the ole Doctrine spread
Done
(just to keep AKH and them serene, here is the number for you monkeys to call: 218-339-0422  (when prompted enter 512103 followed by the # sign)

 

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“He’s the hairy-handed gent who ran amok in Kent”, the Wakefield Doctrine and self-transformationism

August 17, 2012 By

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

What is it we mean when we say that the scottian personality lives in the reality of the predator? Is the Doctrine really suggesting that those who identify their predominant worldview as that of the predator are:

avaricious, carnivorous, predacious, bloodsucking, grasping, larcenous, marauding, pillaging, plundering, foraging, sexy, voracious, voluptuous, vulpine, lupine, canine, supine, teasing, pleasing, quick, snappish, nippy, nasty, pugilistic,, sharkish, aggressive, ravening, ravenous, mercurial, temperamental, tempestuous, predictable, trainable and fun  (courtesy of http://freethesaurus.net  …sort of added a bunch of my own)

hmm, guess I’m gonna go with, “Yes, yes it is!”

Now you should know, that we know that the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers) is not for everyone! The ‘everyone’ that it is ‘not for’ includes:

those with a rigid worldview, the people who know what the world is like with certainty that precludes questioning, humorless people, those with limited language skills,  those who think of the Dictionary  the way that the sporadically religious think of the Bible, those who feel that there is a right way and there is a wrong way, those that believe that some things are best left to the professionals, people who take the little warnings at the bottom of virtually every TV commercial as a reassuring sign that the world is protecting them, people who think that language is a powerful weapon and it is not a toy, anyone who says: a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, waste not want not, measure twice cut once, loose lips sinks ships, ask not what you can do for your country, father knows best, listen to your mother and, finally,  the Wakefield Doctrine is not for anyone for whom the term ‘flexible intelligence’ produces a visual of Nadia Comaneci in a Cap and Gown.

What has been totally gratifying is the increasing number of  people are reading and learning and Commenting on the Doctrine (and) wearing hats and DocTee(s)! …and!  …and they are turning out to be the kind of people with the kind of minds that let them hear the term  ‘predator’ and say, “damn! you’re right. My best friend, she appears to totally have it together and yet it is all about the here and now for her! Try and talk about the ‘what ifs and she goes all blank…and then laughs or gets mad!” (or) “I know what you mean! My friend is surely a scott, he is funny and loves young children but is a relentless tease!” (or even) ” I have never seen anyone who focuses so quickly on a problem, very clever but if the lawn mower refuses to start..watch out! He’s as likely to throw it across the street as he is to fix it”.

So read this here Doctrine here and have some fun. Remember, the really cool thing is that the Wakefield Doctrine works itself! No lie! If you learn what the world of a clark is like (the Outsider) enough to know the major characteristics of the type and if you see how the (Predatory) world of a scott results in people who are quick to act and yet totally confident in appearance, generous to a fault yet the totally mercurial, and if you come to be able to imagine living in a world of rules and predictability, connectiveness and certainty that is the (Herd-based) reality of a roger then you can go out into your daily world and you will see them out there. You will not need us to say, “Now remember if a man wears a beret, smokes a pipe and holds forth on the works of Ken Burns, then you have a roger”  You will see them.

…a little spooky, but what the hell, eh?

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