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

There is something wrong with your worldview when:

• you go the extra mile for someone and they still look right through you when you talk to them
• you ignore the annoying person and they seem to take that as an invitation to increase their levels of obnoxiousness
• you try to reason with the person and they act like you are surrendering
• you tell them to stop and they act like they didn’t hear you
• …they not only act like they didn’t hear you, it is clear that they did not hear you
• you set out in the morning sure of how you will not be a doormat and then lay down at the first door that is held open for you
• you ask a simple question and before you can finish, they start quizzing you
• you tell yourself not to be so self-conscious, and while you are doing that, everyone is looking at you
• you kid around and they stop laughing and walk away, like they don’t care
• you try to explain that there is a right way to do things and you forget that it is your boss you are talking to and they(!) seem to get mad
• you get a little ahead and start to feel confident in your work and they you misspell 3 words in your email
• you think that all you have to do is mind your own business, and they start picking on your friend
• you follow the advice that you can see works for your co-workers and still you feel depressed at the end of the day
• you know that it is all in your head and there is nothing wrong with you and still you look back at the day and cringe
• you know that the embarrassing incident in the third grade was 10 years ago and still you feel your face get warm when you think of it
• you know that being self-focused is a natural part of being a roger, but you still can’t see how to get out of your own way
• you know that being impulsive is a natural part of being a scott, but you still can’t imagine sitting and thinking and thinking and…
• you know that being an Outsider is a natural part of being a clark, but you can’t imagine the world any other way except, ‘out there’
• you know that the Wakefield Doctrine ‘feels’ like it has something you can use, something that might make a difference

hey, we never said these Posts would make sense every day!