Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
(* you will need to be terribly, terribly old to get this reference, at least to the extent that you encountered it in realtime, as opposed to the ReRun Channel)
In any event, today is FYSMT Tuesday! …we use the word ‘mention’, as opposed to ‘question’, simply because what has been happening around here of late, is that Readers are reacting to a Post by mentioning a specific event, episode, response or reflection of their own, which, in turn, provides us with a topic for discussion that is much more apropos to where most Readers are at the moment. (…in terms of their understanding of the Doctrine) (…which, of course, totally determines how useful it is) (…the Doctrine, not their understanding) (…yeah, I guess that is sort of the same thing) (…the whole Post? no, I really can’t see putting you through that!) (…no there isn’t a better time than the)
Damn! Got out of that one not a moment too soon! To the Comments!
Stacy writes:
“…screaming vegetables. You must not have stopped over by my reality! ha ha ha! I still think I am a Rogscoclark! :)”
No, we did stop by, but there was only a slight whimper of hopeless despair from the vegetables, (“…for the love of god, just pour the hollandaise and end our misery” ).
The thing that Stacy mentions that we are glad (…that she mentions ) (…stop it right this instant!) Is that she thinks she is a rogscoclark. Which, as we all know is perceptive, intuitive and… frickin wrong! lol
Actually, Stacy is on the right track* in the sense that while we all have a predominant personality type, this is one that determines the character of the world as we experience it, we never lose the capacity to see the world as ‘the other two do’. In fact, in some (but not all), people we see what we refer to as a secondary aspect (as well as a tertiary aspect), which is the influence of one of the other two on how we deal with problems and situations in our personal realities.
Stacy’s decision to label it rogscoclark is particularly informative! She implies a roger with a secondary scottian aspect and a tertiary clarklike element. Can anyone tell us why this particular ordering of worldviews is exactly correct?Melanie, she be sayin’:
“…feels like there’s always something more to learn about them, but I especially like reading up about Clarks (obv!) Thanks for sharing and happy Tuesday!”
This thing is fun to learn about, but like anything new does take practice. The (currently) preferred metaphor is language fluency. You learn the vocabulary and then the rules of grammar and you try it out in the world (and have the Waiter bring the mop flambé with a side of brillo pads (‘lightly toasted) to your table, just as you requested!) And then you keep practicing. The one thing we will say, it is a lot more fun, ’cause no one in your world has a clue what you are talking about, so you are free from any embarrassing mistakes! How cool is that? (hey! Melanie’s got this other site: ‘Steer Career Success’ go over there (no, after you read and comment!) ’cause she’s doing some SEO stuff to the site and it will help her out)
Kristi, in a Comment:
“…I must be a Clark because I can’t remember the last time I was bored and the inside of my head is definitely big! And I love that we can still “be tired of this shit” because, yeah, definitely can relate to that.”
…and that is the way that it starts! you see something that reminds you of something, usually something that you had good sense not to go around broadcasting to the world around you, ’cause you learned way early on that most people don’t get you. Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine, Kristi!
From our Friend Janine:
“…so true that this has now helped me on more than one occasion dealing with others in my life now. So thank you for that Clark!! :)”
Janine is special to the Doctrine as she, like Molly, has a significant rogerian aspect, in a context that is all positive and therefore beneficial to all of us. As witness to this influence, can anyone tell us why the quote from Janine’s comment is of interest?** And she has totally nailed it… “help…dealing with others in my life.” As we say, this Wakefield Doctrine is fun, and unique and useful. Not gonna make you want to stand in airport lobbies handing out pamphlets and such, but may, when you least expect it, let you say, “hey! wait a minute! you’re just saying/doing/wanting/thinking/don’t stop, that’s wonderful(ing) because you are a clark or a scott or a roger… I feel so much better… (please continue!)
Cyn…dee! (take it home!):
“…with this post I’m thinking about my guest post: “Living Life as a Clark According to the WD” lol “
Yes, I realize that that is not a Comment to expand upon. Cyndi totally gets the Doctrine and is fast approaching complete fluency… we’ve invited her to do a ‘guest clark‘ Post, not sure when it will appear in print, Cyndi has total options on what and when…we get the benefit of a ‘surprise’ Post soon. go Cyndi!
Well that’s my 1000 cents worth for this morning. Write us a Comment, and not being Alex Trebek you are not required to express it in the form of a question. Promise.
* Readers will, if you have been doing your homework, know what we are doing with our commentary… hold on to your responses, please
** very tricky Trick Question!
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Now I am totally looking forward to Cyndi’s guest post on here and seriously thanks for the shout-out, because I totally mean it that this really does help me out pretty often now with dealing with family and friends alike now!! Happy Tuesday and loved this post!! :)
@Janine
yeah me too! …both the a) looking forward to Cyndi’s Post and 2) helping out with dealing with people.
Oh the PRESSURE! Haha…I’ve given a sneak peek at the post and I’m going to sneakily admit that I’m hoping for a Friday post. :D We’ll see how that goes.
The Doctrine. Yes – if you approach it like a language and learn a little every day, it gets easier and easier to identify personality differences. There’s never a day that goes by that I don’t think, “oh, that person’s a roger, a clark or a scott.” Hell, you’ve even got my identifying my cats as rogers, scotts and clarks. No, REALLY! Last night, a feral cat came to our house in the middle of the night. Pepe reacted by being scared and proceeded to pee and mark up the cat entry door (gross, I know, and I had a few choice cuss words for him, too). My other cat, Ralphie, totally walked right up to that cat and proceeded to hiss, spit and raise his hackles as well as make awful cat sounds to scare the cat away. Then, he calmly sat by the cat door ready to pounce again if necessary. Moral of the story? Pepe is a roger and Ralphie is a scott. HAHAHA. Now we’re crossing species lines in personality identification. What will we think of next?
@Cyndi
well, since we are talking worldviews, that is not such a stretch (the cat thing), for that matter, what we started out calling the ‘Initial Behavioral Metaphor’ aka worldviews of scotts as that of predator, largely due to the social behavior of predators in packs, i.e. ranking for dominance/submissiveness cooperation for (very) specific tasks and the need to bark*
As to the Post, while all will be awaiting with anticipation your Post, this here blog here is a place for clarks (before many other things) and therefore none of us need feel any pressure (other than what we may self-induce in ourselfs for pleasure or profit). So if it shows up Friday or Saturday** or a week from next Tuesday, that is how it will be…and if there are any rogers or scotts thinking they can apply pressure, we say, ‘guess again predator and your entree friend roger, we do what we want ’round the Circle WD and thats whats it gonna be… ya know?
*lol we have fun with scotts! the saying about scotts around the Doctrine is: a) ‘I scream therefore I am’ 2) a scott alone in a room, isn’t and c) scotts act (in the context of clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel)
** god forbid the dreaded Saturday Post… the words drift off the screen into the vaccum that is the Readership on Saturday… besides, Saturday is for Driving and talking, not reading!
Oh boy! Now I really need to be careful about what I comment, lol! Thank you so much for the shout out, Clark! Appreciate it :) And looking forward to reading Cyndi’s guest post as well!
@Melanie
no! Comment away!! (see reply to Rich below) I am totally loving the Comments from you guys! It is giving me a sense of direction in my (overall) mission to present the Wakefield Doctrine to any and all who might pick it up and have fun and maybe get something useful out of it.
Yeah, me too (actually I got a sneak peek…’cellent blogation, of course!) Will be running this Friday!