Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
So which (of the three personality types) has a problem with feeling pressure to excel?
(and) which (of the three personality types) believes there is an externally imposed measure against which these efforts are judged?
(and) where does this personality type get such a messed-up, self-destructive and totally not-fun idea in the first place?
clarks
clarks
from the reality (worldview) that they acquired at the age of 4 or 5 the worldview of the Outsider, thats where!
Before we begin, lets define our terms:
‘a problem feeling pressure to excel‘ the persistent sense that while you might not be living up to your potential, when it really, really…totally really is important, then you will come through with a totally… (sufficient)…(they will stop wondering)…(adequate)… (whatever) performance
‘externally imposed measure‘ you know that it is only you, but you also know that the outside world (which to you is everything other than your thoughts, lol) has standards and expectations…that even when you try extra hard you make mistakes…but you know that you can do better…yet they keep pointing out mistakes that you did not even realize you made!
‘efforts are judged‘ you know there is a place within that you can go, that is safe from the judgements of others and the criticism and pointing at you… inside your head, where there is promise and potential and with just a little more time, you will have it all worked out, and then they’ll see how wrong they have been
‘messed-up, self-destructive and totally not-fun idea‘ the thing with clarks is that as an outsider, the world and it’s people and it’s institutions and friends and families are all out there and as clarks, we are pretty much on our own… not such a good place to be, at least not all the time…
Now that puts everything in perspective, no? Like we always say
!!!!We interupt this oh-so-thought-provoking-Post for the following Pop Quiz!!!!
Three scary things from (most) childhoods: ghosts werewolves and vampires
So which is the clark…which is the scott and tell us who you think the roger would be!Someone tell me we have already done this! It is so frickin perfect that I will be depressed all day if it turns out that this simile…analogy…metaphor or whatever is the correct term, if I never noticed it before… lol
hey clarks! You are ‘sufficient’ to the task (whatever it may be) and you have the right to the simple satisfaction of your efforts! But! You must claim that feeling…without any outside help…without being congratulated or complimented or anything involving rogers or scotts (lol..yeah, right!)
hey rogers! leave them clarks alone! (hey clarks… you must give up the rogers, if you really want them to stop picking on you…they only do it because you allow them to, you know)
hey scotts! … lol… ok, this one time… Fuck you!
OK thats it for today. Any Reader wanting to claim their clark Wakefield Doctrine hat…all it takes is a Comment
(this video is an example of why the Wakefield Doctrine is such an amazing thing… none of the three performers were told, “hey, when you go out on stage be sure to act like one of the three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine…one of you shows us a clark…another takes the scottian thing and …alright! alright, Al…you get to be the roger!” tell me this is not fun)
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(ed. note: DS wrote the following Comment and Posted it too soon, so I am pasting it here as a new Comment*. not surprisingly it is appropriate to this Post, which was not written yet)
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Submitted on 2012/09/05 at 9:47 pm
Since a new post will most likely appear tomorrow morning block quote this shit:
“clarks! wake the fuck up!
and shut the fuck up!
put it in gear
forget about tomorrow…
it’s today, now, right here”
Now dollars to doughnuts, no one will comment on this. And why should anyone? “How rude and vulgar!”, the rogers will exclaim. “What the fuck is she talking about?” the scotts will scream.
the Wakefield Doctrine, it’s an effective device. It’s a valuable tool. Consider knowing it, then using it and over time realizing how efficatious it truly is. An asset indeed my friends.
My little poetic rantette popped into my head 2 days ago as I sat in my car in the parking lot of where I work, prior to getting out and “starting my shift”. Enough said? (Rhetorical, guys, rhetorical).
If I cannot save myself then perhaps I can save other clarks…the younger clarks! Save you time, save you from yourselves! It’s all out there. Get over yourself, know “who” your friends, family and co-workers are – what kind of world do they walk through each day. You”ll save yourselves an awful lot of figuring.
To know the reality another person is experiencing, to know the emotional triggers, motiviations and expectations of that person, to know why it is they relate to the world at large is a huge advantage. Huge.
A roger I know recently left a comment over at my blog in which he made rather an important distinction with regards to indulging in emotion. For rogers, It is not the thing itself (indulgance in emotion) but rather how it can be used – qualify/quantify/apply. Simple, orderly and….proper. In a word “rogerian”.
Today, I felt I walked through the world a roger. How do I know I was successful? No, it wasn’t simple reciprocity from other rogers, but rather it was the feeling within my own self, my actions natural, not forced. Again, however, I would harken back to my experience I spoke about on one of the Saturday Night Drives. “What? this is taking too long? People are asleep?! Damn. Alright, I’ll come back tomorrow and explain to clarks how it is you can tell you are walking, truly walking in someone else’s world. (in this example, a roger’s world)
edit…edit…edit…..
I’m done.
* cause I can, of course!
No NO NO NO NO! You are NOT on to something . . . after getting the mail today, a fine T-shirt was enclosed. I took off my parka, and put it on. Now, SOMETHING IS ON ME! So, you may be on to something OR . . . up to something. Now, let’s think about this for a moment.
I have a fine hat for my damn head and now a fine T-shirt for my damn body. Thank you for both. You were correct in your choice of “Rogerian BLACK”, a large which I will wear (unless my Clarkson wife stuffs it in the dryer) upon which it might shrink. I will school her on that. It’s a Large, but I’ve been told I’m extra-large, you in size. Shirt size (quit squirming, you female Scotts!) So, if you can – I will gladly pay you for a hamburger today on Tuesday for an XL, but I will wear this one without washing it. Cold weather is hear, so no sweat (pun intended).
And, what’s with this FRANKENSTORM you NE people are supposed to get? A hurricane? Good grief, can’t be that bad. Weather heads make it sound like the Storm of the Century, btw which is the title of my new book – “Living in Tornado Alley” – How it shapes individuals minds thru fear of twisters). All to get soup sales, ha ha, Soupy Sales – anyway – don’t worry about it unless you live on the shoreline. Then, if you can get insurance on flooding from hurricanes (you can’t in The Carolinas, Wilmington Beach) you are screwed. But, you knew that when you bought into luxury. See? I now have a CAP and a SHIRT and a simple life. NO worries about my boat, house, and town being smoked by this so-called MONSTER STORM. Must be a Rogerian Storm, which causes this nonsensical labeling and fear-mongering by the Weather persons who secretly LOVE a weather related disaster. Let’s them TRUMP the warehouse fire, headline story from those anchor (ha ha, another one) people. Just get the F outta there IF it approaches and consider a nice condo in Queens. Or, God Forbid, move to Dallas. Read more about it in my upcoming book. During a tornado ‘warning’, which means one is ‘around’, Clarks will be under the bed, Scotts will be screaming and trying to find a safe place while turning up the news on the impending tornado, and Rogers will be in the backyard, lying in their hammock. Storm Schorm, what’s a little bit of wind? *laughs at the thought of the Wizard of Oz.
I will send a pick of me in my new shirt while standing in line for the new Bond movie, Skyfall. ha ha, another one! You’ll get some rain and wind and that will be that. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I now find it impossible to talk to anyone without trying to figure out if they be CS or R. Still working on that. Would a person with Tourette’s Syn be able to be identified? Bitch, damn, wanker! I can’t imagine a Clark with Tourette’s. *twitch, shake, bark, mumble.
Well, thank you for the T. I’m sure it will generate some people asking about what it is. Whut’s that thar? Hey, yo, go to the WF doctrine and read up on it – after you feed the animals. Well, that’s about it for now. Hope everyone has a great weekend and doesn’t get slammed by the Storm of the Century. I can’t imagine it being as bad as I keep hearing it is. btw, where are The Hamptons in relation to this storm track? It’s cold here with the low in the 30s tonight! Nothing a Roger can’t handle. If the power goes out on the NE coast, will any of you be affected? Could be why all the sharks are up near the shoreline there, this storm, you know, animal instinct ahead of time. Dogs shake before tornados. Then, some neighborhoods shake. Hope all is good and it veers toward the East, away from Niagara Falls. (slowly I turn, step by step). The only reason Katrina was so bad in NOLA was that the levees broke. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been nearly as bad. Glad to be in the middle, but shore do love the coast and beaches. That’s the chance you take when you have beachfront property. Jersey Shore, maybe Snooki can scare it off!
Over and out. Thanks again for the T. Good design. Glad it’s Friday.
SC
Clarification – the previous post contained misspelled wording hear = here and ‘you in size’ = you know, in size.
And, damn it, I’m not on my game today. Boring as hell at work and my e-cig isn’t working right. Gonna read some Bukowski to get the weekend started off right. His book “War all the Time” is good, as well as “The Last Night of Earth Days.” Suggested reading. Heard Obama called Romney a BULLSHITTER! Wow! So, I’ll end with a drummer joke. And one more.
What do you call a drummer with no girlfriend?
Homeless.
What’s the difference in a moose and Guy Lombardo?
With a moose, the horns are in front and the asshole is in the rear.
What’s the least-used sentence in the English language?
“Isn’t that the drummer’s Porsche?”
Oh, the humanity!